[trashware] Fwd: [DDN] article - "old computers as good as new in linux labs"

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On 09/19/04 12:31:28, Phil Shapiro wrote:

Old computers good as new in Linux labs

September 16, 2004

By Treena Shapiro
Advertiser Education Writer


As pressure mounts to meet state-mandated educational technology
standards, some Hawai'i schools with limited budgets are getting  
updated computer labs at a fraction of the typical costs.

With help from the nonprofit Hawai'i Open Source Education Foundation,  
a dozen schools and organizations have opened PC labs using recycled
computers loaded with free software for about $3,000, much less than
what a lab using off-the-shelf computers and commercially-available  
software could cost up to $30,000.

Full article at http://shorterlink.com/?KVX0WY

Source - http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com


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