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ZDNet UK: Linux Company Chalks Up Success with Teachers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 18, 2005

[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]

“A three-person Linux company was inundated this week with
requests for a product it had not expected to be so successful.

“IT teachers attending the BETT educational technology show in
London flocked to SchoolLINUX.com’s stand to place orders for its
desktop operating system (OS), called SchoolLINUX OS. The operating
system, which runs from a CD-ROM and uses just 50MB of RAM, has
interested teachers whose old PCs can’t cope with the demands of
Windows XP…”

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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