The Icelandic National TV channel RUV broadcasted a news story yesterday 11 August 2009 entitlled:

"Nýtt kerfi sparar milljónir" translation "New system saves millions"

 

Link to news cast in Icelandic

Link to School "Verkmenntaskólinn á Akureyri"

 

comment: A technical school located in the North of Iceland "Akureyri" saves 5 million Kronas (€ 27,706.39 = US$ 39,375.0648) by changing the operating system of the school computers to open source Ubuntu. They also point the fact that it was an easy change without any need of extra hardware or additional costs. Also, they urge other public institutions to follow the example and save money in license fees in this time of world crisis.

All the best to you guys. You are in good Ubuntu hands. Hope more institutions follow this example of excellency.