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Google is aggressively pursuing the edu market with Chromebooks, so what?

You can develop for Chromebooks, on Chromebooks, for free, and it's one-time $5 to distribute. That's what.

The point is about access to the tools, the skills, and the ability to share; if the vendor controls any of those, FAIL.

Well, then we are lucky that we live in a free country where school administrators can buy whichever tools they think are best for the children.