[LUAU] France Surrenders to FOSS

[808blogger]

why not give away free cd's of DSLinux?

thats significantly cheaper




On 2/5/07, Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:
>
> 175,000 USB keys, $20 each, full of FOSS.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/
> French_kids_get_open_source_on_USB/0,130061733,339273416,00.htm
>
> widget:~ jim$ bc -lq
> 3380000/175000
> 19.31428571428571428571
>
> 2GB USB keys sell for $22 or so, quantity one.
>
>    There are about 1864,000 students in Hawaii's public schools
> (based on the 2005-2006 NCLB testing report).
>
> in 100K quantities, we should be able to get 2GB USB keys for $10 or
> under, pre-loaded.
>
> A full load of Ubuntu 6.10 already fits on a 2GB USB key with 1.2GB
> free.   Plenty of room for files and other applications.
>
> Thats a cool two dollars to equip every student in a DOE student with
> a full linux computer that works wherever they go
> (and yes, its possible to make it boot on nearly any computer that
> supports USB, albeit sometimes into Windows first.)
>
> Might be just the thing for Kuokoa.   Heck, we could sell em.    Or
> contract to provide service (specialized apt repositories to deal
> with the language, calendar, ... stuff) at $1 each / year.
>
> jim
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