Re: [Hampshire] Persuading a school to start using FOSS

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Author: Peter Brooks
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To: craig, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Persuading a school to start using FOSS
Craig,
Read through this blog: http://www.progbox.co.uk/wordpress/ , cbx33 is
very proactive with edubuntu and has been very successful getting past
certain barriers.

On 28/03/2008, Craig <craig@???> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I posted this in Ubuntu-UK and had a great response. Several people
> pointed me towards you guys, so I thought I'd see what advice you could
> give me.
>
>  I have been an Ubuntu user for not very long (since around October) and
>  have been amazed at the stability, compatibility and usability amongst
>  many other things. I think it really shows what a community can do if
>  they pull together - they can develop an operating system that (in my
>  biased opinion) is better than that of a multi-billion pound company.
>         I am 13 and go to Court Moor School in Fleet. The school is very
>  keen on getting the latest technology - virtual learning environments,
>  computerised registration etc. Currently I am persuading various people
>  around the school to switch to ubuntu. I have found quite a few people
>  who would be interested in having someone who really knows what they're
>  talking about to show them some of the features and the security they
>  could use and some of the things included in edubuntu.
>         Obviously this is still in early stages, I was just wondering if
>  this is something that anyone would possibly be interested in doing so I
>  could negotiate further. Otherwise, any ideas on ways to persuade a
>  school to switch to ubuntu? What I would really like to know is who I
>  really need to talk to - Head of ICT, technicians... and also some
>  information about what sort of things edubuntu has.

>
> Craig.
>
>
>
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