Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (303 mails)

[Colin McQueen <cmcqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ian <ian.lynch2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> When I find that a LEA tells a school that it can't have Linux servers
> because they don't support it and I say you don't need to, we will and
> then they say you can't have remote access except using a Windows only
> solution I get just a tad annoyed. Then after a meeting they refer me
> to the same clueless minion who I know doesn't understand diddle. 

You see its this judgmental attitude that gets my back up.  Even if they
are clueless, they have a right to a viewpoint and a right to doing
their job their way.  To call someone this without knowing them or their
background is just plainly wrong.

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> thing to do. Its a matter of patience, eating the elephant a bite at a
> time and not giving up because the task seems impossible. 

I agree with this. Its important to not come across as a raving
evangelist or people will be scared off.  Value the work people in
schools are doing with all their fears and despite that they may
supporting a different system, that you may have a negative view on. 
Don't make them feel like they are just in the way and that you know
best.  You'll only come across as arrogant or loony.  If open source is
better people will see that in the end if its revealed to them in the
right way.

-- 
Colin McQueen