Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
My answer is: no. Therefore, I'm not really interested in the Windows vs. Linux battle in schools under collegiate level. I would rather the money go to books and supplies, thanks.
Having said this, I'd like to make a different comment about the collegiate level.
Does Linux belong at the collegiate level? Boy, does this make me grind my teeth, but ...
Probably not for student use. I say this because I believe (without data, I'll admit) that utilization of public computers is probably dropping. I see more and more students coming in with their own computers. This means that the expenditure on Windows there probably is almost irrelevant.
Now, where you really would save money is in moving the office IT over to Linux. Library kiosks, office computers, etc. are probably the vast majority of licenses using Windows in a college.
This is all for general student population. CS (and maybe EE) are a different beast. Although, CS is reaching the point where *nobody* uses the public computers anymore. 100%-delta don't have their own laptop.
Only *one* student used the public computer, and that was because she didn't want to have to risk getting her laptop stolen while she was on campus for 13 hours straight.
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