TEACHER PLUS (teacherplus01@yahoo.co.in) of July-August 2003 carries an article titled 'Freeing computers in schools'. It says:

Computers are used in many schools these days, as a teaching/training tool as well as for administration purposes. Most schools, however use, expensive software that not only takes away a huge chunk of the school budget, but also limits the number of teaching/learning tools that can be used in school. This article discusses Free Software and why Free Software makes sense in education....

A cartoon on the front-page has a hand-raising student ask the teacher: "Now that we have free software, can we also have free periods?"

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