This article is mainly another briefing on the Open Source meme, but is worthwhile for this piece of information:
The Mexican government, for example, last month announced that it will install Linux in 140,000 computer labs in Mexican elementary and secondary schools. Government officials estimated that Windows licenses for all these labs would cost them close to $125 million. Linux is not only free, it doesn’t require replacing older computers, and it’s possibly the operating system of the future–Mexico could lead the world in producing Linux system administrators. This may be the smartest thing the Mexican government has ever done [emphaisis added.]
