Linux Journal: Linux in Italian Schools, Part 2: ITC F.Besta, Ragusa | Linux Today

Linux Journal: Linux in Italian Schools, Part 2: ITC F.Besta, Ragusa

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 1, 2005

[ Thanks to Marco
Fioretti
for this link. ]

“The first article in this series about Linux in Italian schools
introduced ITC De Sterlich, where, even though a lot remains to be
done, free software is a site-wide reality. This time we visit a
Linux-friendly school in the smallest, youngest and southern-most
province of Italy, Ragusa, which is located in sunny Sicily. The
school is the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale (ITC,
Commercial-Technical Institute) ‘F. Besta.’ Linux is not yet an
officially endorsed reality for the whole institute, which makes it
an interesting case to study.

“ITCs are senior high schools that prepare accountants for
future work and offer several specializations…”

Complete
Story

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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