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It's now possible for public school districts in California (and maybe Iowa) to acquire decent Free Open Source Software computers, courtesy of Microsoft. The purpose of this article is to lay out the basic process involved, because the documentation available on the official websites is murky, at best. Hopefully this article will summarize the process a bit. Also, since Iowa just announced the conclusion of its settlement with Microsoft, it is possible that a similar process will apply there in Iowa.

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