Feds give college $800,000 to teach Linux
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[September 13, 2008]

Feds give college $800,000 to teach Linux

(Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) (KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sep. 13--LAKELAND

Polk Community College and University of South Florida Polytechnic received a grant of more than $800,000 to create a four-year Linux computer-system administration program, school officials announced this week. The National Science Foundation awarded the schools money to teach students to work with the operating system, which is used by companies such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. School officials say all classes will be offered online.



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