amicus_curious wrote:
"Matt" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?
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| I’d like to turn this into a series of posts, ultimately asking
what it takes | to switch to desktop Linux in education. Starting
small, though, I’d like to | answer ksheppard’s question. What is
required to switch my superintendent to | Linux on his desktop? `----
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1976
Switching the superintendent is not starting small.
"Starting small, though, I’d like to answer ksheppard’s question. What
is required to switch my superintendent to Linux on his desktop?"
Switching the superintendent is much harder than switching the
students and has the least benefit. School administrators have legacy
documents and are few, so little money is saved. Switch the students
first since they have no legacy documents. There are many students so
the savings are great and you are planting more seeds in the best
soil, so to speak.
You are not thinking straight. The students are likely to rebel, since
they can immediately figure out that the admin is pulling a fast one by
substituting cheapo Linux for the real thing.
I believe that goes against experience as described in actual
school-system migrations. Of all the groups in the school, including
the rank-and-file sysadmins, the students are the least resistant to the
change. Pretty soon everybody finds out "the real thing" is not so special.
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