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Nashua Telegraph: Forget the Apple; Surprise Teacher with Open-Source Software

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 30, 2006

“Few things are quite so technically cutting edge as open-source
software, which is why you expect to see it used by really
cutting-edge folks.

“Like… kindergarten teachers?

“‘I’m discovering the switchover isn’t as horrible as I feared
it would be,’ said Kim Stinson, one of three primary-level teachers
from the Orono, Maine, public school system who found themselves
surrounded by uber-geeks at a recent conference on education
software, held not far from the White Mountains…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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