Because... why not?

[Jayce]

Wish my school would do this. They are cutting days from the year, instead of saving the money of switching to free software and OSes. Maybe I should write a letter...

I'd definitely consider doing so. What do you have to lose? All I can really say is, we're doing it, and it's working great. If we lived in a world where all platforms would cost the same, I'd easily still choose this route. Considering this route happens to be cheaper it only further solidifies the cause.

 

[Nitestick]

Jayce, that's a beautiful sight. To be honest I've never seen that many Linux desktops in a room sure I've seen a million and one servers e.g. our datacentre but never that many desktops.

I wish my school would let me do this. Mine are all running a severely locked down Novell installations of Windows XP.

Ouch that's harsh.

 

[Jayce]

Wow ! huge collection.What about the cost

Cost of what in particular?