Re: [school-discuss] Education's move to Linux; looking for yourexperiences

[Karl <jackal@raptor.slc.edu>]

Hi Tina,

We have about 35 up there right now, the case studies can be seen at
http://casestudy.seul.org/

Click on VIEW.

By the way, gang, if anyone out there hasn't yet submitted their
information to the GNU/Linux in Education Case Studies Repository, now is
a great chance!! 

From the URL above, click on "Enter a new case study"


 -Karl


On Wed, 8 May 2002, Tina Gasperson wrote:

> Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 11:18:51 -0400
> From: Tina Gasperson <tina@newsforge.com>
> Reply-To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
> To: schoolforge-discuss@seul.org, seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: [school-discuss] Education's move to Linux; looking for your
>     experiences
> 
> Doug Loss recommended I send my question to both lists, hence the 
> cross-posting.
> 
> I'm looking for examples, experiences, statistics, and happy stories 
> about your findings in the aftermath of Microsoft's latest license push 
> in the schools. Have you seen an increase in inquiries for free 
> software/open source alternatives? Any testimonies or "case studies" out 
> there? Any general impressions? Does anybody think Microsoft's actions 
> may have had a negative effect on Linux in schools?
> 
> I'm putting together a story about the positive effect (if any?) 
> Microsoft's "crack downs" have had for Linux in education.
> 
> You can reply on list or to me directly - I think on list replies might 
> generate some good discussion though. If for some reason you need your 
> comments to be unattributed, please do reply to me privately at 
> tina@newsforge.com . This story is going up by the end of the week if 
> the journalism gods smile on me.
> 
> Thanks so much,
> Tina Gasperson
> news editor / reporter
> newsforge.com
> linux.com
> 813-626-4407
> 
>