[ Thanks to Dallas
Wayne Slade for this link. ]
“K12 Linux may be the mecca of open-source success. As school
districts represent a part of state and local government, one has
to wonder how their many case studies are practically unknown. As
other sectors of state and local governments struggle with budget
deficits, political pressure and uncertainty, Linux school projects
represent tangible progress and offer empirical evidence of
success.“If one wanted to find information about the use of Linux in
state government, where would one go? The first thought would be an
Internet search engine. Any combination of search terms for state
government, though, return a chaotic mess.“If one wants to find information about Linux in schools, a
search engine would take you to cyber foundries such as
SchoolForge. Once there, you would find the information, tools and
materials necessary to forge or make a school and all its parts. If
such sites existed for government, we could see more tangible
progress and empirical evidence of success for the entire Open
Source community…”