Re:OSS is evil. (Score 1)

This isn't true of all school districts. In the district I came from, IT passed down mandates makes things very difficult for teachers, so much so that a number of state provide tools could not be used in the classroom. In addition to that, I know of a similar TRUE story. As a recent graduate of high school, we had a similar incident with a student in an advanced technology program. While being taught about dual booting a computer, the student decided he would install Linux and Firefox in an additional partition. Upon discovery by the teacher, he was told to un-install the software, and when he did not do it before class was dismissed, had the hard drive wiped and was forced to completely re-install Windows the next day. This happened two more times, and it ended up with him being kicked out of the program. Of note would be that this program provided all sorts of Microsoft/Comptia certifications completely free, in my time there I aquired the following certifications: MCP, MCDST, MCSA, A+, Net+, and numerous microsoft office certifications.