Re: [Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] RE: [why schools don't adopt OSS]]

[David Johnston <david@johnstons.net>]

John Hansknecht wrote:
>Hello, my name is John Hansknecht, and I work as the
>Director of Technology at a private (non-profit)
>school in Detroit, Michigan (USA).  I am brand new
>to the SEUL list.
>Our school, through the generosity of some alumni, is
>currently a Microsoft house (Windows NT.)  I am now looking
>at the new Microsoft licensing and the hardware upgrades
>required for Windows XP and recently I have begun raising
>the red flag here at school regarding are future with
>Microsoft.  I am working on a cost/benefit analysis of
>maintaining our current configuration versus "the
>alternatives".  For these alternatives I am leaning
>heavily toward a Linux/Open Source solution.
>What would I need to convince folks here to switch
>to open source?

John, how is this going?
Later in your message you made a number of interesting points.  Are
you still pursuing this?  Do you have the help you need?

Regards,
-David Johnston
david@johnstons.net