You may recall that Microsoft volunteered to donate $1 billion worth of software to American schools as part of its antitrust offer. Critics contented that the offer would merely consolidate Microsoft's already considerable hold on the education market. In response to the offer, a group of open source providers is creating a "foundry" where users can find the tools and information about using open source software and curriculum in schools. The initiative came largely from Red Hat Linux's offer of free software to any school, a counter-offer to the Microsoft proposal.
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