http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/ Engadget Comments for French students to get USB drive with open source software http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/Feb 4th 2007 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/Feb 4th 2007 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/

crazy Frenches with there Google killer. ]]>Feb 4th 2007 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/ ]]>Feb 4th 2007 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/Feb 4th 2007 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/
I think what you don't understand is that this is not some sort of retail thing. When you think of the manufacturing cost of each drive, that's like less than five dollars. Plus, the government should be buying these in bulk, and the software sounds as though it's mostly free, or next to free. So overall, the cost should be nowhere near $34 million.]]>Feb 4th 2007 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/
Also, that 2.6 million Euro price tag likely includes the administrative costs of the overall program, copying the software on each drive, distribution costs, and government inefficiency. I mean come on, the French are on the verge of outright socialism (i.e. Big Government); and government is always the most inefficient way to get anything done.]]>Feb 4th 2007 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/
They found these flashdrives a lot cheaper than what my school pays for them.]]>Feb 8th 2007 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/Feb 4th 2007 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/Feb 4th 2007 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/Feb 4th 2007 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/Feb 4th 2007 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/Feb 4th 2007 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/
In the meantime, taxpayers are left with the bill. ]]>Feb 4th 2007 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/04/french-students-to-get-usb-drive-with-open-source-software/
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They found these flashdrives a lot cheaper than what my school pays for them."

My school gets discounts from both HP and Microsoft for our computers and operating systems and other software.]]>Feb 9th 2007 7:16AM