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12-22-2005, 07:01 PM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,236 Rep:	LXer: Open Source Savings for a School District Published at LXer: A lot of people ask about the real savings that Open Source can bring to school districts. Noxon Schools has used Open Source software for 6 years now and so I wanted to demonstrate the actual savings and philosophy of Open Source in a real life setting. Noxon Schools is a rural school district in remote northwest Montana with a student body of about 270 students. The school uses 4 Linux Terminal Servers on separate networks to serve 125 Linux Thin Clients. In addition, the school has a Web server, DNS server, 2 Proxy Servers, Backup Server and a Samba server to provide all of the services the school needs in house. 60 computers run Windows 2000 or XP. [Ed.] Don't you just love it when schools adopt FOSS and save some money? I certainly DO. Read More...

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