[GRLUG] Linux @ school.

[Benjamin Eavey]

> One of the issues with computer technology in schools is money.  Why are 
> schools PAYING for Windows when Linux is free?  Why are schools PAYING 
> for MS Office when OpenOffice is free?
> 
> These are the type of questions that parents need to bring up to the 
> schools when the schools say "we don't have the money for xxxxx."  Part 
> of the problem with the schools is that they do not spend their funds 
> wisely.

On this, I agree 100%.  It's just as easy to teach a kid word processing 
concepts with OpenOffice, for instance, as it is with Word.  Basic stuff 
like that is a no-brainer.  Windows and Office, especially at the 
elementary level, make no sense at all.

Then again, do you know how cheap those products are for schools to 
purchase?  Microsoft practically gives them away.  Still, every little 
bit would help...

-Ben