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[seul-edu] Nice quote



From 
http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ExtRels/Media/UN/archive/2001/630/flexiblelearning.html

    [The College's IT Manager and Director of the Learning Innovation Centre,
    Dr Richard Wraith] said Trinity's IT initiatives were also notable in
    using the fully open-source free software known broadly as Linux. He said
    the Linux operating system was used throughout the College, including on
    servers for the network, the web and email and for web terminals and the
    Trinity Foundation Studies teaching laboratory.

    He said using the open source software helped students better understand
    the concepts and principles behind computers and IT and produced
    significant operational benefits including reduced costs, greater computer
    security, high reliability ("they never crash") and flexibility in
    tailoring the system to particular needs.

Cheers; Leon