NEC partners with India's Sify to sell thin PCs

Thin clients to migrate off Windows: It's working out in the real world.

Carver said it cost the district about $2,500 per school to migrate to Linux, compared with the estimated $100,000 it would have cost to upgrade their Windows infrastructure. In addition, buying more Microsoft Office licenses would have cost the district $100 per license, she said, whereas OpenOffice was free.

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Giving Microsoft the boot. B-bye now.; Posted by: Chad_z Posted on: 03/02/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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