Madam, – We have seen, in recent weeks, a huge outcry at the cuts to funding in our education sector. Yet with all these cuts, there still remains a large and unnecessary expense – Windows Operating Systems.
Every computer in every school and classroom has to have a Windows licence, yet there is a free alternative, Linux. Unlike Windows, Linux offers operating systems specifically tailored for education. Linux systems are already used for education purposes in the One Laptop per Child programme and they are also used in Netbooks.
Linux systems are not the complicated mystery people perceive them to be.
If money is tight, then surely we should stop wasting it on expensive software and embrace open-source software, freeing money for more vital resources. – Yours, etc,