[OS:N:] Matthew Szulik and the "Open Source Education Corporation"

Greetings,

In 2002 Matthew Szulik proposed the creation of an
"Open Source Education Corporation" to open up schools
to FOSS and solve the growing technical education
problem (http://www.linux-mag.com/id/972).
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I was wondering what became of this idea.  Nearly 6
years after the original proposal, Googling "Open
Source Education Corporation" brought up a mere 4
links.
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Things have changed a lot since 2002.  OLPC is a
reality, the state of Indiana is busily completing a
rollout of 300,000 Linux based laptops to its high
schools, and Vista is widely regarded as a flop. On
the other hand, a lot of people in education are
completely unaware of the existence of Linux and other
FOSS projects.  Perhaps it's time to re-introduce this
idea?

Mr. Szulik: are you listening?=20

Sincerely,
Jeff LePage
www.jefflepage.com
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P.S.  Who am I?  I'm a long-time fan of Linux and Open
Source.  I also have two children in a public
charter school (www.freehorizonmontessori.org).  I
recently installed 22 linux laptops at this school.=20
I'd like to do much more, but I don't have the
necessary resources.


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