> I'd be > interested in hearing if anyone else is already working on this issue. Not so much on the local level, AFAIK, but higher levels already are. Came across this: http://www.aaxnet.com/topics/nightmare.html#foreign I'd love to see a simple, no admin, easy install distro with email, web and an office suite. IMO this would handle the bulk of what the <normal> computer user needs. Bob "Joshua b. Jore" wrote: > > Well... I'm thinking that I'll probably have to get the numbers on > this but I'd think that just saying "k-12 can use a 'F'ree OS" is > rather limiting. I'd much rather advocate that our respective > municipal governments spend their money on important things instead of > licensing for non-Free software. Think about this for a minute - how > many computers does it take to run a local government. The licensing > costs for that have got to be astronomical and what that really means > is your tax dollars at work, funding non-Free software. I'd be > interested in hearing if anyone else is already working on this issue. > > Joshua Jore > Minneapolis Ward 3, precinct 10