On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 07:53:47AM -0400, Dan French wrote: > In terms of stakeholders, I would agree with your point that students > and teachers (in that order) are key stakeholders. Administrators such > as superintendents have much of the decision-making authority, however, > so my goal has been to get their attention on the cost savings and then > promote the idea that FOSS gives our students the tools that business, > and the rest of the world are using - FOSS is better, more secure, and > connects our students to an important international conversation.
Ok. I think it's easy to characterize students as stake-holders, but difficult to involve them in decision-making, if only because they are transient participants the school system. Who gets to decide what's in the best interest of the students, then? -Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net
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