On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Walter Bender<walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > === Sugar Digest === > > > > 1. The car allowance rebate system (CARS), more commonly known as the > “Cash for Clunkers” program, was used to bail out the US auto > industry. People who had purchased gas guzzlers were rewarded with > $4500 towards the purchase of a more fuel-efficient car. Of course > there was no subsidy for those of us who commute by bicycle—I could > use some new panniers. > > Maybe it is time to bail out the US education industry. When will the > US government announce the "Sugar for Clunkers"? It would work a bit > differently than the car program in that with Sugar, there is no need > to subsidize the purchase of replacement hardware—we'll have to find > another program to bail out the computer industry. Simply replace the > clunker software that most schools are using—Windows 2000 or Windows > XP—with Sugar. Sugar is, of course, free—as in speech and as in beer. > Any government subsidy could go towards teacher workshops. “Yes we > can!”
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has been going on about the $90 billion for education in the stimulus bill. Have you looked? > -walter > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel