On Wednesday 10 April 2002 18:30, Andrew Choens wrote:
Very interesting. I signed up for this several months back and forgot all about it. This is definitely one low traffic list.
However, there seem to be people on the silly thing. Perhaps we should actually do something and then we could talk about it. (Forgive me, I'm a community organizer, this is what I do.) I signed up for this list thinking I could hear about the efforts to move Linux into schools. It is my rarely humble opinion, that in order for Linux to become accepted, there must be a broad user base that is MORE comfortable with Linux and it's inherent strength/flexibility that with Windows. Schools seem to be an i eal tool to reach this end.
I'm also interested in the idea of moving Linux into the non-profit sector. These seem to be two sectors of our society that are traditionally strapped for cash that could really benefit from this OS.
So, having said all of this to the choir, does anyone know about any ongoing efforts to do any of this? I would be very interested in hearing about this.
Peace --andy
Hi, Andy: Here's a link for each: http://www.k12ltsp.org/classroom.html for school http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2860180,00.html for nonprofits. What part of the country are you in? Will you work with us to lay out a humdinger of an approach to get into schools? There's so much resistance, you know, it's nice of you to offer free equipment and all, but we have no way to maintain, etc. If you visit: http://renotahoe.pm.org you'll find a blurb about our pathetic attempts to move this project forward. If you want, why not brainstorm with us, and we'll give you all the credit, and you can then leverage that with future projects? Maybe? At worst, we'll benefit from your experience and assistance. Thanks, tom Poe Reno, NV http://www.studioforrecording.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/ http://renotahoe.pm.org/