[seul-edu] Open Src. in Small Schools - O'Reilly Conf topic

["George Holmes" <gholmes@uark.edu>]

O'Reilly Open Source Conference 2002 has a session on the last day
which might be of interest to this group. I hadn't seen it mentioned
here, so thought I'd pass it along.

While I'm not familiar with the presenter, I did attend last year's
conference. It was great ... but could've used more "academic"
content.

Blurb pasted below is from:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/view/e_sess/2435

If the URL breaks, might be best to "come in the front door at:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2002/ (look for Friday's
Sessions)

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Open Source Opportunities in Small Schools
Kim Brand, Computer Experts, Inc.
Matthew Hartmann

Track: Emerging Topics
Date: Friday, July 26
Time: 10:45am - 11:30am
Location: Sea Breeze I

Computer Experts 'accidentally' found open source opportunities
abound in small private/religious schools. With 13 Indianapolis
Catholic School clients using FreeBSD/Linux solutions for
file/print/e-mail/internet filtering, Computer Experts has
demonstrated the reliability and profitability of open source
platforms in this market. This presentation will describe the
technical, economic and political issues surrounding
establishing a small-school focused open source product strategy.

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