[school-discuss] [Fwd: Re: Possible Article on Linux in Schools]

[Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>]

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From: Alex Salkever <alex.salkever@gmail.com>
To: Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>
Subject: Re: Possible Article on Linux in Schools
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:56:11 -0700

I was going to focus on US but I am open to covering around the world.
Please do forward our correspondence to the list. But please make it
clear this is a *possible* article. I can't guarantee I will write
anything until I see enough information that convinces me its a story
I can sell to my editors. Also, the article would likely appear at
BusinessWeek.com but not in the magazine. Thanks again.

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:22:44 -0400, Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 16:57, Alex Salkever wrote:
> > Hi, Doug:
> >
> > I write for BusinessWeek. I am researching a possible article on Linux
> > starting make real headway in the K12 segment. I was wondering if you
> > could point me to some people to talk about this. Also, if I am going
> > to make this story fly, I would need some real numbers about the trend
> > and ideally a report from a reputable research shop. Already too many
> > anecdotal Linux stories so anything without real teeth doesn't have an
> > impact.
> >
> > Looking forward to hearing back from you.
> 
> Alex, with your permission I'd like to forward your request to the
> schoolforge-discuss mailing list.  I'm sure there are some people there
> who could give you the information you need, or at least point you to
> it.  Will this report be about US schools only or predominantly, or will
> it cover schools from all around the world?  If you go to the
> schoolforge website (http://schoolforge.net) You'll see member
> organizations from all over.  UNESCO has a Freesoftware Portal which
> might have some useful info, you might want to look there for some help:
> 
> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=12034&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201
> 
> Finally, you should contact Paul Nelson (pnelson@riverdale.k12.or.us).
> He's one of the driving forces behind K12LTSP, and is deeply involved in
> the use of FOSS in schools.
> 
> --
> Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>
> 
>
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Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>