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:Linux in U.S. Schools: Why the Resistance?
Linux in U.S. Schools: Why the Resistance?
Sep 4, 2008, 18 :01 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (2853 reads)

(Other stories by Matt Hartley)

"Despite what you might read elsewhere, I believe it is not a lack of software or solutions that have prevented school-based Linux adoption here in the U.S. It’s that schools find that they lack the level of support that they believe they need -- at a price point they can afford."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I agree with the author about why U.S. s ...   Linux in US Colleges   
Don Whitbeck
Sep 4, 2008, 19:26:35
 
Actually, the problem is less the school ...   Linux in U.S. Schools: Why the Resistance?   
dave
Sep 4, 2008, 20:44:14
 
Or, in the case of schools like the Chap ...   Or just stupid   
James E. LaBarre
Sep 4, 2008, 22:09:56
 
Here is what I have heard, sort of in a  ...   Potential liability issues, regulations, and legis   
Theodore Kilgore
Sep 5, 2008, 00:55:56
 
Microsoft will extend a deprecated OS ca ...   Well Duh, Microsoft.   
TripleII
Sep 5, 2008, 02:12:28
 
Well inspite all the resistence, here ar ...   Some schools get it   
reformer
Sep 5, 2008, 11:54:43
 
> 1. Here in Alabama I understand that w ...   Re: Potential liability issues, regulations, and l   
Tony OBryan
Sep 5, 2008, 17:36:28
 
Did we all underestimate the power of in ...   everybody uses windows because everybody uses wind   
blackbelt_jones
Sep 5, 2008, 17:55:22
 
What keeps linux out of schools are comp ...   Idiotic school administrations   
Ed Montgomery
Sep 5, 2008, 18:51:15
 
> This is probably not true, and is prob ...   Re: Re: Potential liability issues, regulations, a   
Theodore Kilgore
Sep 5, 2008, 19:49:50
 
> In regard to the above, note that the  ...   Re: Re: Re: Potential liability issues, regulation   
blackhole
Sep 6, 2008, 04:12:17
 
Blackhole, I am not sure if you will rea ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Potential liability issues, regula   
Theodore Kilgore
Sep 6, 2008, 19:50:21
 
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