Mad Penguin: Novell Crushes Windows in Schools

[ Thanks to Matt D. for this link. ]

"Do these numbers make sense to you--$2,500 versus $100,000? This is the price difference felt between migrating over to Linux or instead, upgrading to the next version of Windows. What's interesting is that I'm noticing that more often than not Novell is the company making this possible for schools.

"This is not to say that other corporations working within the Linux realm are not also doing their part to help select public schools to make the transition, but I'm seeing Novell's name pop-up more than anyone else in this area lately. But even with this, migration is not always as smooth as we might like for it to be..."

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