[Devel] The Guardian: LTSP for Manchester

[Knut Staring <knutsta@xxxxxxxx>]

College i Manchester kjører 350 tynnklienter på RedHat med gratis Star
Office, Sun hevder snakker om potensielle innsparinger i britiske
skoler på £48m.

http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,869738,00.html

Some excerpts:

"can get a network up and running for less than £3,000. For one client
it reduced annual costs by 85%."

"With so much curriculum information now on the net, the most important
piece of software on a computer will soon be the browser. And Mozilla,
an open source browser, is free and will run happily on Microsoft, Macs
or Linux systems."

"The thin client solution, with open source software and a broadband
connection to speed up the browsing, could be the answer for Britain's
schools. Microsoft's stranglehold may be about to loosen."

KnutS

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