[SGVLUG] Still shopping for school computers

[Joel Witherspoon]

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 3:24 AM, John E. Kreznar <jek at ininx.com> wrote:

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> > It seems unlikely I'll be able to convince anyone to use Linux
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> Have you tried the argument that software that students are forbidden
> to read has no place in a school?  How do they respond?  (Or are you
> not counting "Ubuntu" as "Linux"?)
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>    Would you allow your child to be taught from a book that she was
>    forbidden to read?
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Dan,

Rule of thumb with schools: if you can move it, you'll be replacing it
within a year. Hopefully, your private school sets aside a portion of funds
for replacement of equipment. Kids break stuff...easily. Ordering a few
extra is not a bad idea.

We've saved money in some our classrooms through the use of N-computing
boxes (http://www.ncomputing.com/). If you are going to have pods (four or
more) computers in each classroom, you are looking at spending about $2000
per room. With the Ncomputing box, you buy one computer and the Ncomputing
kit and three or five monitors for about $1000 per room. Not to mention, you
save money on buying tables and you save money on power consumption.

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Joel Witherspoon

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