Initiative Pushes ‘Open Technologies’
A new initiative spearheaded by the Consortium for School Networking aims to raise awareness among schools about so-called “open technologies,” software and computer operating systems with content and applications that have few or no licensing restrictions.
The value of open technologies, their proponents say, is that schools can modify or redistribute the applications or content for free, saving thousands of dollars in copying or licensing costs. ( "Software Solution Saves Dollars," Sept. 29, 2004.)
The K-12 Open Technologies Initiative—co-sponsored by the IBM Corp. and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation—kicked off this month at the Washington-based COSN’s annual school networking conference. COSN is a nonprofit organization that provides resources to...
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