AZ Students : A linux solution?

[Richard L. Proctor]

On Friday 31 August 2001 11:21 pm, you wrote:
> I'm waiting for calls back from Sun AND Redhat regarding support for our
> getting OS/Free software in schools.  Redhat's CEO has a special
> interest in what we are trying to do here, and he's pushing this
> project:
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> http://www.k12ltsp.org/
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> Comments, please?
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I've done my part. His a copy of a letter I fired off to all Arizona House 
Members, Senate, and the President himself.

Dear
 
I was horrified to learn that the schools approved this ASP contract. This is 
a big waste of citizen's tax money. The big presidential debate was to kick 
start schools and resolve our economic problems. Allowing schools to spend 
money in this way is an insult. I am the Owner of Krystal Computer Services 
and I would like to know why the school system hasn't followed suit with many 
of the changing governments in the world to the open-source free software.
 
Every computer needs an operating system, and each of those computers has to 
have a license. At approximately $200. per license switching to subscription 
software sounds pretty dumb when you can have it all for free. Computers 
should be upgraded, not discarded and buy new ones. All the computers should 
be switching to linux, a free operating system which has show time and time 
again it's stability.
When I took my daughter down to register for school, one lady had to reboot 
her computer three times. 
 
Computer repairs and upgrades is my profession and I have seen first hand and 
use on a daily basis on my own computer systems, Linux, Star Office and 
KOffice. This $172 million dollar contract could of done a lot of good in 
other area's, especially since all this software is out there at no charge, 
just waiting for the taking.
 
http://computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO63338,00.html
 
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Richard L. Proctor
Owner
Krystal Computer Services
480-699-3098