InfoWorld: French Students to Get Open-Source Software on USB Key

“French authorities will give out 175,000 USB memory sticks
loaded with open-source software to Parisian high-school students
at the start of the next school year.

“The sticks will give the students, aged 15 and 16, the freedom
to access their e-mail, browser bookmarks and other documents on
computers at school, home, a friend’s house or in an Internet
café–but at a much lower cost than providing notebook
computers for all, a spokesman for the Greater Paris Regional
Council said Friday.

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