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

[David Overcash]

Whoah!  This is AWESOME!  Thanks for finding/sharing this Neal.

Would love to help convert a school out here... if anyone knows of one that
needs some help, throw the word out to the list - I'm sure there are plenty
of us who would love to get in on this sort of project.

-David

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us>wrote:

> 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/
>
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