Computers For Schools (LinuxWorld)

[phil]

I came away from the LinuxWorld Expo yesterday with the feeling I was 
in the wrong place.  I'm guessing there were interesting things to see 
if your bias was toward hardware and administration, but for a software 
development specialist it seemed like a dumbed-down re-hash of last 
year's products and displays.  Oh, well.

What really did bug me was my brief conversation at the "Computers For 
Schools - Ontario" booth.  With my interest in the use of Open Source 
software within the non-profit sector, I asked the woman what kind of 
acceptance they were seeing for Linux among their clients.  To which 
she replied, "Linux...that's a program, right?"  I guess I looked as 
stunned as I felt as I waved my hand around, indicating the other 
booths on the show floor.  She added, "Oh, we don't care about that.  
We're just here to get donations."

(Money lenders.  Temple.  Eckkk.)

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Phillip Mills
Multi-platform software development
(416) 224-0714

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