Computers in Schools: Linux v. Windows?

Education Ministries in many developing countries are eager to equip their primary and secondary schools with PC’s to leap-frog their citizenry into the digital age.
So one question that typically arises during deliberations over implementation, besides which hardware models (see OLPC, Intel Classmate), is which operating system software is the most cost-effective to load on the computers?
The outcomes of a study on the TCO over 5 years are revealing. Continue reading…


