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Windows->Linux->Windows	by: toxico
The article shows that Windows is more expensive (4 times!) and more difficult to administer and still the school return to it. The reasons? 1- Inertia. The teachers did not want to change. The home machines were using Linux. 2- "You can do anythingin Windows in home" That probably includes gaming and multimedia (the last is very good in Ubuntu, which I find is more friendly and easier to administer that Fedora). Bill Gates and Co. must be smiling.

Re: Windows->Linux->Windows	by: toxico
There is a typo in point 2, where "Linux" was written insted of "Windows"

Re: Windows->Linux->Windows	by: nycace36
Let's look at the progression 1. The school has no money so it switches from Windows to Linux to lower costs. 2. Some of the teachers demanded Windows. 3. The school got some money 4. Laptops came automatically pre-installed with Windows and Office 5. Directions (from school administration alone?) that classroom PCs were to be setup identically to the Windows-preinstalled laptops. --- begin quote -- The IT budget is much bigger now but the school has the money unlike six years ago. The reason for the switch back to Microsoft operating systems? A lack of support from some of the teachers, says Perkins. --- end quote --- Further on --- begin quote -- The laptops came with Windows and Office installed - this was not negotiable. And then came the direction that the school PCs, those used in the classroom, were to be identical to the set-up of the laptops. --- end quote --- I smell a rat.... maybe one of the teachers' pets?? Someone associated with an M$ partner somehow got a hold of one or more of these teachers and administrators and probably made a very compelling AUS$$ offer! With the increased IT funding still so fortuitously available, these M$ partner$ $till $eem to wield $ome influen$e here.

Re: Windows->Linux->Windows	by: pinniped
I always get a lot of "Oh, but I can do anything on my computer at home." That sort of statement always comes from the ignorant masses who have no idea how to administer a computer. They don't seem to be able to understand that they need to talk to me about what they need, not install any crap they please and be able to screw up other people's files and even the entire operating system. The short story here is that there are many teachers who know absolutely nothing about computers who are whining about having to learn something else, so instead they nag until they get their inferior, expensive, and maintenance-intensive systems. If the teachers can't be bothered actually learning something, imagine what wonderful teachers they are. Aren't you glad your kids don't go to that school?

four fold Linux TCO advantage!	by: cadstarsucks
someone should bend Gates and Ball-more over the school desks and shove all the windows machines up their backsides! Or at least sue the crap out of them for false advertising!