Computers For Schools (LinuxWorld)

[Steve Brown]

I thought they missed an opportunity to show casually interested users some
of the benefits of switching to Linux. Ok, so they were targeting IT
managers, but they use desktop & laptop computer too, right?

Strangely enough it was Novell who seemed to get it. During their
presentation they spoke at length about open source & the GPL, touching on
some of the benefits of freedom...

I did get on the list to have a shiny new VMware sent to me :). Xandros &
Novell giving out CD's (lots of DVD's from Novell).

Steve


On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 08:16:24AM -0400, phil sat down at the 'puter and typed:
> 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
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