[geeks] Q: Regarding Linux in K-12 education

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jan 19, 2010, at 8:09 AM, gsm at mendelson.com wrote:

> Remember that in 1960, the thinking was not to put a man on the moon
> to 'boldly go where no man has gone before", but to get there before
> the Soviets did and prevent them from building a missle base.

Don't underestimate the force of the GI Bill, countless soldiers  
returned from WW2, Korea and Vietnam with 'free money' to go to  
college. Many small colleges were formed to absorb the increase in the  
number of students... And if course, once created they never went  
away...

Lionel