Re: [OS:N:] Re: Questionaire about the support of students rights and the freedom in the learning environment

I had written a nice long and in depth response, it was so in depth that my damn 
webmail client i use timed out and all was lost. *POOF*
shit.

let me sum it up like this.
schools can be converted, the poorer the district the easier it is, focus on 
cost and the  ability to hand out a knoppix cd and essentially give every kid a 
chance to have their own computer without needing a handout from microsoft to do 
so, if your a consultant like me offer to help them out for free, it will come 
back to you later.. do the right thing, your helping lots of people with every 
hour you donate.

that is the archilles heal to that argument. free software with free support, 
band together with local LUGs to help educate the educators. sure some may not 
care but some do and you only need a few to make a difference.

knoppix cd's.
 leave them in every computer you touch, , libraries, internet lounges, friends 
computers....also makes a great gag gift if you dont tell them its been left in 
their cd tray. lol
honestly i find them to be great sales tools actually. everytime someone tells 
me how windows is better and can do so much more i ask them to show me a windows 
system that will run from the cd. usually shuts up everyone at that point, even 
the biggest window advocate finds themselves admitting that is pretty damn cool 
stuff..

but my best advice is this and no i wish i said it first someone told it to me 
and they had it told to them but it is so damn true.


  
"If you give me a fish you have fed me for a day. If you teach me to fish then 
you have fed me until the river is contaminated and the shoreline is seized for 
development. But if you teach me to organize, then whatever the challenge, I can 
join together with my peers and we will fashion our own solution."
 ?unattributed 

Tnt

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