** Reply to message from Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:07:05 -0700
> Lots of people have tried to help the schools and libraries save money > in this way. They aren't interested. If they were they would have > switched everything to Linux years ago. Tracy, I don't quite agree with you since I don't think many schools even have a clue as to what Linux and OSS can do for them or even how it can do it. I know software developers who have used MS Excell for configuration management and others who use a wiki for SCM because they only use what they know. And what they know stays very narrowly tied to the platform and software they are currently using. the many school systems I read about which are bringing in Linux and OSS are doing so because someone has joined the org who already knows Linux and OSS and shows those around that there are $$$ to be saved and he/she knows ways to make it happen. There is one guy in our local school system( Doug McIntosh ) who is trying to bring Linux and OSS in but he is one person. I think you would be VERY hard pressed to find anybody in the system who knows much about Linux and/or open source. This is one of the reasons I'd like to see a well documented training/lab system built and run so that it can be an example for those without any knowledge of what's available and that free does not mean it is not capable. I'd venture to say many think that too when they hear this Linux stuff is free. I hear it all the time myself. The current economic situation plays well with the timing of the project. Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
