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UK Linux company chalks up success... how about NEO?Submitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 01/17/2005 - 19:55.
Who cares about open source? The world's teachers, and countries, for example. Today on ZDNet UK there's a headline that could be about NEO college students, but is not - it's about some students in the UK, who developed an open source Linux operating system package for schools, which is also being embraced by nations and industry (and they're seeking US distributors, if anyone here wants a good second tier opportunity - see http://SchoolLINUX.com. How many open source savvy students are we nurturing here to be such innovators? And how soon will we at least use such open source innovations to transform our schools here, so they may better serve our students, so we'll have effective global innovators in the future. These are the brainpower challenges for our region to become a quality connected place for new economy development in the future. Time for NEO leaders to push these issues to the very top of the agenda to drive economic development here. Read how it's happening beyond our island... Linux company chalks up success with teachers mailroomuk [at] zdnet [dot] com One of the hits of this year's BETT trade show is a company selling an open source desktop operating system for schools A three-person Linux company was inundated this week with requests for a product it had not expected to be so successful. IT teachers attending the BETT educational
"This is the first time we've shown it to anyone," said Paul Jenkins,
"I think this is because [the OS] gives people the opportunity to reuse
SchoolLINUX OS costs £29.95 and includes Mozilla's Firefox browser and
Jenkins said he was surprised that so many people had taken an interest The self-funded company is less than a year old, but has already turned over £80,000 in its first six months.
"My daughter's school is building a new library. They're using
The company has also attracted organisations outside of the education
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