Re: [school-discuss] How to present Linux to schools

[Cameron Miller <cdmiller@adams.edu>]

Randy Smith wrote:
> First, thank you all for your responses. I'm beginning a project with the
> local college to build a sample lab. The I want to use this to demonstrate
> Linux and what it can do.
> 
> My biggest problem is that some of the schools in the area are so poor
> that they are completely funded by grants (including a few Gates
> Foundation Grants). That pulls most of the teeth out of the "cost of
> ownership" arguments.
> 
> That aside, the tech crew at these schools are all Windows guys. I
> suggested FreeBSD for a DNS server because the Windows box wasn't
> working right and I got that blank stare.
> 
> I have seen asked somewhere (this list maybe) for a list of Windows and
> OSS equivalents but have not seen an answer. Eg MS Office <=> Open
> Office. Does anyone know of such a list?
> 
> Thanks again.
> 

Hey Randy,

There was such a list of equivalents starting to form a couple of days 
ago on this list, (either this one or seul-edu) as part of these 
threads.  I think one of the folks posted it up at the School Forge website?

- cameron

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