[GLLUG] Linux in Education

[Lachniet, Mark]

You'd be surprised how many people use it in education, particularly in
K-12.  After I wrote an article about the stuff we used at Holt schools
back in 1997 (http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2210) I got TONS of
emails from random people all over the world - Canada, Columbia,
Netherlands, etc.  11 years ago most folks were using on the back end,
but I still keep in touch with some of my peers in K-12 and a lot more
districts are starting to use it in labs and stuff.  Also a lot of
libraries are using it - for example Dan's Guardian - for Internet
content filtering on the cheap.  It pleases me to see my tax money
wisely used.  I've found that K12 school districts in particular tend to
be very independant minded and tend to take umbrage at things like
Microsofts "leasing" of software and whatnot (despite the rock-bottom
prices they pay for it).  The trick is making sure you have enough
uber-nerdz who can support it.  Fortunately, young'ns are good for that,
and cheap for schools to get as interns and so on.

Mark Lachniet
Solutions Architect - Security
Analysts International
3101 Technology Blvd. Suite A
Lansing, MI 48910
(517) 336-1004 (voice)
mailto:mlachniet at analysts.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu
[mailto:linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu] On Behalf Of Charles Ulrich
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:45 PM
To: Michael George
Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Linux in Education

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Michael George <george at idealso.com>
wrote:
>  Cool article.  I'm not sure about one of the downsides to OSS being 
> "its  slower-coming upgrades".  In my experience, things are fixed and

> upgraded  much more quickly in OSS...

I especially enjoyed the part that said email programs come at a cost.
Good to see some press about Linux in education, though.

Charles
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