Re: [seul-edu] Number of Linux desktops

[Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu>]

Doug,
    I for one would be very interested in testing a Linux version of TT. So
far I only have 7 classroom machines working, but I aim to get about 10 more
going over the summer. There would be about 150 inner city high school
students available as guinea pigs in the fall.
    Did they say how much it costs? I couldn't find that info on their web
site.
Thanks,
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com
http://www.originsresource.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>
To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
Date: Friday, June 02, 2000 3:51 PM
Subject: [seul-edu] Number of Linux desktops



I got a message from one of the principles at Teacher Technologies
<http://www.teachertech.com> today.  They make software for schools.
Their products were originally for Macintosh, but they've ported them
to Windows using the Carbonless Copies technology from ARDI, Inc.
<http://www.ardi.com>.  I know Cliff Matthews from ARDI, and he said
that if they did a Windows port using his tech, a Linux port would be
fairly trivial.

They're interested in the idea of doing a Linux version, but they want
to get a projection of the number of Linux desktops in education in the
next five years or so.  I only had anecdotal info, which I passed on to
them.  Does anyone know of any projections of this sort that I could
show them?  If not, does anyone know how to come up with such a
projection (short of making it up)?

They also wanted to know about promotion and testing of any Linux port
they develop (I "volunteered" SEUL/edu to help with that).  Take a look
at their website and let us know if you'd be a candidate for testing a
Linux version.

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