>On 11 Apr 2000 Rachel Polanskis said:
>
>> This already happened to me.
>> I volunteered some time to the local highschool.
>> ...
>
>I had hoped Linux was over this sort of sanctimonious 
>and egotistical whining.  NT consultants aren't the only 
>ones who charge $100+ p/h and nor are all Linux consultants 
>cluey, particularly in the last couple of years.
>I also think it is idealistic and naieve to think a company
>will only run with one horse, ie NT *or* Linux, not both.
>
>You also seem to be failing to understand the perspective
>of schools; they are allocated a certain budget to spend on
>IT each year, and if they don't spend it, they'll get less
>next year and parents will consider them to be "behind".  
>And generally they have no idea how to spend it.
>A guy at Monash has written a very good paper about this.
>
>To quote Jamie Zawinski, "Linux is only free if your time
>has no value".

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