[ Thanks to Marco for this link.
]
“In many Italian high schools, general use of information
technology as well as what is taught in the classroom is limited to
proprietary software. Some institutes, however, are using GPL
products daily, and this is the first article in a series that
focuses on these schools. The reasons why these schools discovered
and switched to free software are quite varied. Some simply needed
basic network services, including e-mail, shared printers, Internet
access control and so on. Others wanted to run their Web sites and
maybe offer e-learning services through them. Finally, some
teachers and other personnel turned to free software to help them
produce didactic material for students or simply to manage
unavoidable paperwork…”