Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014)

Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by jcelerier on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @04:41PM (#24486463)

> Whatever your school is/was using Microsoft for is not a $1M/year expense. It might not even be doable for $100M/year.

so how come the university i've been (Bordeaux, ~55k students / 3k staff) almost exclusively uses Linux and free software and does not have a computing budget in the hundred thousands ?

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by smt88 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:59AM (#24493315)

You're refuting a point I did not make.

I was responding to someone who suggested that schools should build their own critical software. If there's a good FOSS option already, they should absolutely use it. But there isn't always that option.

Also, I guarantee that the school has at least 5-10 tech people, which means computing expenses are approaching $1M when you factor in benefits. Free software requires a larger in-house staff to customize and maintain it, even if the initial cost is low.

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by jcelerier on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:45PM (#24495964)

> their own critical software.

which critical software are those ?

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