[school-discuss] Collaboration software

[Wayne Lang <langw@chs.rcas.org>]

Hello
Does anyone know if any open source collaboration software exists?
Our high school Technology Education teachers would like to set up
a collaboration enivironment to share documents, CAD files, ideas,
and whiteboard sketches.  We are considering Peer-to-Peer tools like
EZMeeting and Groove.  Since we use Linux web servers we are
interested in an open source solution.

I am new to this list.
As an introduction, I am the Instructional Technology Specialist in a
large
midwestern high school.  My job duties include staff training, managing
hardware,
and first-call technical support.  We use a mix of Wintel and Mac.  I
would
like to introduce some Linux desktops for some diversity.  Our network
uses Linux webservers and mail with Win2000 file serving.  I am a strong
believer
in Open Source for education but it is a bit of a battle in a very
Wintel-centric area.

Wayne
Rapid City, South Dakota USA
-- our school is near Mt. Rushmore, you may be familiar with THAT
landmark  ;-)