Promoting Open Source in Schools

[Igor Denisov]

Yes, it is possible to overhaul the entire school board to use thin clients.
And, once you replace the aging 10 Mbit switches and hubs throughout
the schools, you could probably even have all of TDSB's clients
powered by a few fast servers.

The problem is the lack of native versions of the software schools
want to use (substitutions / equivalent software will not go over well
with the teachers, especially when you've bought textbooks teaching
how to use MS Word, not O.O.org).
The school board couldn't care less what OS everything runs on, just
as long as Millie's Math House, Geometer's Sketchpad and Vernier Labs
probeware work.

Get the software to run, show the performance/price/TCO advantage, get
the teachers into summer time workshops to learn the new system, and
Linux will be used.
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