[school-discuss] Linux Access in State and Local Government, Part III

[Yishay Mor <y.mor@ioe.ac.uk>]

Sorry if you've already seen this:

http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6970

"A look at the success of Linux in schools, and how it should constitute 
the model for state and local government.

K12 Linux <http://www.k12linux.org/> may be the mecca of open-source 
success. As school districts represent a part of state and local 
government, one has to wonder how their many case studies are 
practically unknown. As other sectors of state and local governments 
struggle with budget deficits, political pressure and uncertainty, Linux 
school projects represent tangible progress and offer empirical evidence 
of success.

If one wanted to find information about the use of Linux in state 
government, where would one go? The first thought would be an Internet 
search engine. Any combination of search terms for state government, 
though, return a chaotic mess.

If one wants to find information about Linux in schools, a search engine 
would take you to cyber foundries such as SchoolForge 
<http://schoolforge.net/index.php>. Once there, you would find the 
information, tools and materials necessary to forge or make a school and 
all its parts. If such sites existed for government, we could see more 
tangible progress and empirical evidence of success for the entire Open 
Source community."

etc.

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