| Ohio school district upgrades to Linux, saves $412K |
Feb. 26, 2007
The Bexley, Ohio high school district reportedly is migrating all of its desktop computers running Windows ME to Linux, instead of to Windows XP. The move is expected to save taxpayers as much as $412,000 in licensing costs, according to an article in a local community newspaper.
The entire technology budget for the district last year was $159,000, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Anne Hyland told the newspaper. The move away from Windows ME was required due to the purchase of new computer systems that are incompatible with ME. Hence, the district faced the added costs of upgrading to Windows XP, in addition to the new systems' hardware costs. Money will also be saved through not having to purchase anti-virus software to protect the Linux systems.
Some sort of emulation technology -- possibly WINE or Crossover Linux -- will be utilized to run certain Windows ME programs on top of Linux, according to the article. Additionally, the district will begin evaluating Linux-based software for future use on the systems.
The district is not even considering what the potential cost of upgrading to Vista would have been, the article added.
The district reportedly hopes to get all of its computers running Linux exclusively by 2010.
Read the entire article at ThisWeekNews.com, here.
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