Re: [school-discuss] school fund-raising issues question

[tom poe <tompoe@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 20:41, Michael Dean wrote:
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> tom poe wrote:
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> >Hi:  I'm a strong advocate of Open Source in schools, along with a lot
> >of other idiosyncrasies, I suppose.  I wonder if the topic of school
> >fund-raising and Free or Open Source Software [FOSS] (I haven't searched
> >the archives) has, or is, of interest to list members?
> >
> >  
> >
> along with school funding, there is a major issue of maintenance and 
> upgrades, with our school's vendor telling us he is unsure that he would 
> bid on after installation support of linux systems.  WE currently pay a 
> flat fee of $5000 per year for two major Dell servers and about 200 Dell 
> desktops, which includes unlimited physical troubleshooting  visits.  
> With regard to money, the conversion from NT to the new subscription 
> fees Microsoft has offered schools drains a huge amount of money from 
> the schools budget.
> 
> >A low-end PC based computer...
> >There are literally tens of thousands of volunteers around the world to
> >step in to provide both technical and training support.  Thus, it seems,
> >this is one of those too good to be true thingys for school
> >administrators to consider.  The only unique aspect of this approach, is
> >that we're interested in putting Free or Open Source Software to use in
> >the schools for a specific purpose, unrelated directly to education in
> >the classroom.  However, if you look close, you'll find that the
> >projects would provide a good foundation for presenting the features of
> >FOSS in a receptive audience, the school administrators, who just might
> >find it easier to expand the use of the computers to enable kids to use
> >them for educational learning programs in the classroom.  Does that make
> >sense?  I think marketing types would call that a "hook".  :)
> >
> >My question is, is this something the list members have experience
> >with?  If so, I'd sure like to learn more from you folks.
> >
> >There's an interesting variation on the theme above, with a CD called,
> >Studio to Go! (I think that's the name).  I understand it costs about
> >USD$50.  The nice thing about it, is, it includes an interactive
> >tutorial to Rosegarden4, which, alone, is invaluable, in my opinion.
> >  
> >
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> Could you please give me a url for Studio to Go!
> thanks,
> Michael
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