The Obama administration has reportedly requested Scott McNealy, respected co-founder of SUN Microcomputing, to prepare a report on the advantages of using open source software in government. Here's the link to the BBC article. Many of the arguments that support open source in government also support open source in schools. Two of the major reasons advanced for open source software are lower cost, greater accessiblity, and higher security, and it is obvious that these reasons would work for education as well. An additional reason for education would be the free access to software for students, particularly those from low-income families. While major open source initiatives in education have been common around the world, large implementations in the State of Indiana and the San Diego public schools are providing strong models for American educators to follow.
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