A teacher in the USA (Texas) has demonstrated just how switched on the education establishment is to the uses of Linux and how much it is used around the world:
“This is a world where Windows runs on virtually every computer and putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping these children at all.”
“I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them…”
A response from helios can be found here.