http://project.cyberpunk.ru/lib/in_the_beginning_was_the_command_line/
It's a quick and entertaining read. Kids who may like Linux will certainly be in the minority - they play with legos and read sci-fi, so they won't be hard to find :-) On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 22:57 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm not familiar with the Neal Stephenson reference so I may be > misinterpreting this, but from a kid's perspective, both Windows and Linux > would be free (in the financial sense), and considering which OS all their > games will run on, Linux will seem like the station-wagon. I think kids > would be a hard sell, unless they're the type who might be interested in > all the geeky cool stuff you can do with Linux. > > -Derek > > > It's the "willing teacher" problem I had with my classroom idea. I put > > the question to a few teachers I know, and there's not much interest. > > > > I like the idea of outreach and advocacy Matt suggests - if you think > > about my original idea, perhaps the market's wrong. Instead of selling > > Linux to the teacher/administration, sell it to the kids. Any kid > > interested in computers would choose the "free tank" over the "expensive > > station-wagon" (a la Neal Stephenson "In the Beginning") and a *willing* > > kid would actually learn. > > > > On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 22:25 -0500, Judah Milgram wrote: > >> Beware of OPC [1] syndrome > >> > >> [1] Other Peoples' Computers > >> > >> It's not just the install and setup. You'll have to hold their hands > >> forever, else sooner or later they'll run into a problem they can't > >> solve and if you're not available right then and there it'll be "we > >> tried Linux and got burned". > >> > >> Especially unpromising if you have to "convince" someone they want > >> Linux. > >> > >> I see a reply from Eoin ... maybe his experience says something > >> different. > >> > >> Judah > >> > >> > >> Matt Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > I've recently started to look into the idea of assisting private > >> schools and > >> > non profits in migrating over to linux. Has anyone else already done > >> this > >> > sort of thing? With the summer break a few months out this seems like > >> it is > >> > a good time of year to come together and start planning, convincing, > >> > whatever is needed before any actual installs take place. > >> > > >> > Feedback, experience, whatever? > >> > > >> > -Matt > >> > > > >
