Hi Ubuntu-Marketing. I ama a student at a small high school in Southwest
Missouri. Recently we had an assignment in a class where we had to give a
presentation on a group/organization/movement. I chose to give my
presentation on Ubuntu. I explained what an operating system was, then what
open source software was. I explained how the open source community worked
and why Open Source Software tends to be more secure, faster, and easier to
use than Proprietary Software, and how these benefits were present in
Ubuntu, in a way that the average computer user could understand. I also
demonstrated some programs that come with Ubuntu and how they could do many
of the tasks just as well or sometimes better than their Proprietary
counterparts.
The response was great. Several students were interested in learning more
about Ubuntu and OSS after I gave the presentation. The school's principal,
who also happened to be there during the presentation, was also interested
in Ubuntu as well as the applications that I showed. I think that there is
an opportunity of some kind here to get OSS in use at my school, because
the students, teacher (of the class I gave the presentation in), and
principal all seemed to be open towards the concept of free software.
What I want to do is get my school to at least try Ubuntu out in one of the
computer labs or something like that. I think if I could demonstrate that
it is a viable alternative to Microsoft Windows + Office, which is what we
currently use on all our computers, would save decent amounts of money, and
would give access to some pretty amazing educational programs (The periodic
table of elements program immediately comes to mind), they would be willing
to try it.
That being said, I need to be able to convince the IT staff that it would
be easy to learn, easier to manage than Windows Server Edition (Which is
what we use), and compatible with the current infrastructure that we have.
If I can do that, plus convince the administration that we would save costs
etc., I think they would consider trying it out, or even switching over
entirely.
Can you guys help me with this (especially the convincing the IT staff
part) ?
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