Re: [school-discuss] Another angle on winning interest in open source

[David Bucknell <david@members.iteachnet.org>]

Excellent point, Tom. I'd like to see an international list of public services 
run on open source. I'll post here, too, and add to article. Add to the 
article if you have time as it will also help the consolidation process. 
Thanks for helping.

David

Quoting tom poe <tompoe@renonevada.net>:

> Hi: Nice article. As I read it, I found myself looking for mention of, and 
> links to government agencies that use these things called Open Source.
> 
> For starters, there's the U.S. Census Bureau:
> http://perl.oreilly.com/news/census_0101.html
> 
> "For Taylor, the Senior Internet Technology Architect who oversees system 
> administration, content management, and application development for some of
> 
> the servers at the bureau, - - - "
> 
> "One site, rates.census.gov, was the key part of a promotion for Census 2000
> 
> that made it the most successful census in 30 years, resulting in a budget 
> surplus. And the second one, an interagency site named www.fedstats.gov/imf,
> 
> displays all the country's leading financial and economic indicators at a 
> glance, and updates them twice daily. It's a site so powerful and concise 
> that other subscriber nations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have
> 
> recently requested assistance in setting up similar systems."
> 
> Tie a couple of these kinds of articles together, and I think it would be a
> 
> good follow-up for this article. Let the teachers know that these kids are 
> going to need to be exposed to something besides the toaster or the automatic
> 
> coffee maker.  <grin>
> 
> If you come across some other examples, can you post them here? 
> Thanks,
> Tom Poe
> Reno, NV
> http://www.studioforrecording.org/
> http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
> http://renotahoe.pm.org/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Saturday 11 May 2002 15:10, David Bucknell wrote:
> > FYI, I have written an article meant to argue with teachers on their own
> > terms that they should give free and open source tools a place in their
> > programs.
> >
> > David Bucknell
> >
> > Here is the message I sent to a few teachers' mailing lists:
> >
> > "Dear Colleagues,
> >
> >   Genetically speaking, how strong is your school's technology program?
> You
> > may
> > have installed "the industry standard" in file servers, productivity
> > suites, library and finance applications and Web course builders, and you
> > may be teaching "the syllabus" recommended by the AP, IB, Microsoft or
> > Apple. But does plugging these pieces into your school's network,
> > workstations or curriculum mean that you're protecting the community from
> > a)falling behind the tech learning curve, b)viruses, or c)wasted time and
> > money teaching and learning dead-end technologies? I don't think so. If
> > this topic intersts you, please read and comment on:
> >  
> > http://members.iteachnet.org/webzine/article.php?story=20020510191936985
> >
> >   Best wishes,
> >
> >   David Bucknell
> > Editor, International Education Daily and Open Source Schools
> 


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