“When Sherwood Middle School’s media center needed new
computers, district officials thought they would be able to afford
only 31 machines, instead of the hoped-for 35.“But then the district found an answer: using free open-source
software for a lab of 25 older, donated computers, instead of
buying licenses for proprietary software.“The district saved $1,500, and the school got its
computers…”
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