[CoLoCo] AZ school district moves 3000 computers to Linux, saves $108k

[Neal McBurnett]

Good news!  A district NW of Phoenix AZ has saved a lot of money with Linux!

Dysart Unified School District saves more than $100,000 by switching computer operating systems
http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/2010/12/27/20101227dysart-unified-school-district-saves-monday.html

I loved this quote:

  The Arizona Department of Education outlined its long-range
  technology goals last April, which required school districts and
  charter schools to consider open-source technology when developing
  district technology plans.

From the district itself:
 Ed Tech - Linux is here!
 http://schoolweb.dysart.org/EdTech/Content.aspx?conid=470

From looking at some of the screenshots, it looks like a customized
version of Fedora.

Arizona CIO/CTO Linux Presentation
 http://schoolweb.dysart.org/EdTech/uploads/initiatives/Linux/Linux_AZ_CIO-CTO_Presentation.pps

Any news from the folks here that have been helping schools switch?

Cheers,

Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/