Re: [OS:N:] Promoting Linux in Education...

I was successful in getting Linux into a local Charter School and am in
the process of promoting it for other Charter Schools in North Carolina.
I used Linux for the server side operations (It's strongest suit), and
for the firewall and web server -  It took several months of dealing
with both the schools immediate directors and with the schools board of
executives to convey the cost savings in using the server side.

Open source products like Apache, Squid, DansGaurdian, Samba helped to
integrate the varied Microsoft OS's and applications in use. I got them
to use StarOffice/OpenOffice - showed them the compatibility - End
result is they are still functioning and this is the schools 4th  year
(and the 3rd year of their Linux environment) -

My wife and I assisted the school in writing their Technology Plan -
which does include the use of other OS's and Linux on the Desktop.

One step - One dollar at a time...

Thanks,
Mark 


On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 19:42, Mark Jensen wrote:
> Does anyone here have any experience in promoting the use of Linux in
> Education?
> 
> Specifically, I have researched (through Google searches) what kinds of
> Operating Systems are mentioned in documents in the state in which I
> live.  I find hundreds of references to Microsoft and Windows, about 30
> to Mac OS, and *nothing* on Linux or "open source".
> 
> I have contact for the Commissioner of Education for my state, but would
> like to see if anyone out there has any experience in communications at
> this level.   Any sample letters that others have used would be a GREAT
> start!   I certainly want to get her stance on Open Source software, and
> find out what it will take to get OSS (and Linux, in particular) into
> the public school system here.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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