Linux in Education

[Marc Lijour]

On September 29, 2006 11:29 pm, Simon wrote:
> Can you elaborate?

I invite you and the interested TLUGers to gather around a table to discuss 
the following points.

1. what can FOSS and Linux can offer to the Ontario schools they don't already 
have
2. TCO
3. linux advocacy
4. existing educational projects involving FOSS you know about
5. FOSS evaluation (openBRR and similar)

I believe FOSS and Linux are under represented in our government and 
educational institutions in Ontario. My purpose is to survey the FOSS and 
Linux offer in order to confirm or not my feelings. This is a first step. If 
the outcomes shows that FOSS is actually under or misrepresented, we could 
discuss the possible causes and remedies. But this won't happen before we can 
get a fair panoramic view of FOSS and what it brings to the table.

In terms of software acquisition, I see 2 main criteria: features and price. I 
regard as fair that FOSS compete with proprietary software, and that for 
equal features the lesser priced software is the one we want. Is that naive?

We are lucky to have very knowledgeable FOSS advocates in TO and in this list. 
If we could gather 3 or 4 around a table for a first round it would be great. 
I have some contact with the provincial government and we can see where this 
leads to.

Any volunteer?

Marc
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