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

[Jeffrey LePage <jeffrey_lepage yahoo com>]

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).
 
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.
 
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? 

Sincerely,
Jeff LePage
www.jefflepage.com
 
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. 
I'd like to do much more, but I don't have the
necessary resources.


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