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I've got nothing against Apple -- I've currently got an iBook and I've
used Macs since the Mac Plus came out -- but laptops in schools are
unsustainable in the long term.  They're almost always funded by a
huge initial grant, and when that runs out, the laptops just go away
because the schools can't afford to replace them when they inevitably
break or are stolen.

I work for Novell (although I am not speaking for the company here),
and I was involved in a project in Indiana to put commodity-priced
desktop computers running Linux in front of every student in the
state.

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This is a much more sustainable model in the long run, and I think
other state and local education departments would be wise to consider
adopting a similar plan.

Niel

On 8/15/05, Jim Popovitch &lt;jimpop at yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
&gt; OK, I've given a silent ear to all the recent noise on the Cobb laptop
&gt; proceedings, mostly assuming it was normal political wrangling.  Anyone
&gt; with an interest in Cobb have any good insight to this?
&gt; 
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&gt; thanks,
&gt; 
&gt; -Jim P.
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