On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Tom Smith <snake...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Hi People > > I found this on The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #178 > > NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source > > A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has > slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a > government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools. > Albany Senior High School in the northern suburbs of Auckland has been > running an entirely open source infrastructure since it opened in 2009. > The 230-pupil school was set up to follow open learning principles, > offering large "learning commons" areas where multiple classes interact > rather than conventional classrooms and setting aside one day each week > for pupils to work on self-driven research projects. The implementation > uses Ubuntu on the desktop. > > http://www.cio.com.au/article/333686/nz_school_ditches_microsoft_goes_totally_open_source?pp=1 > > My two cents of wondering Due to the Bulk funding blah blah blah that > started in around 1993-4. One begs to ask was the government legally > entitled to do this taking a schools choice away from what they could > run.?
No choice was taken away. The government paid for licenses for every school. That didn't force the school to use MS products. It made it zero cost.
