Fwd: Re: [school-discuss] How to present Linux to schools

[tom poe]

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Subject: Re: [school-discuss] How to present Linux to schools
Date: 25 Apr 2002 18:39:25 +0200
From: Bruno Coudoin <bruno.coudoin at free.fr>
To: schoolforge-discuss at schoolforge.net


> Someone here asked what applications are keeping us from switching
> desktops. For me the answer is:
> 1) Accelerated Reader
> 2) KidPix
> 3) Lots of 'edutainment' stuff, particularly those from Davidson,
> Sunburst, Knowledge Adventure (JumpStart), and (like it or not)
> Microsoft (Magic School Bus).

Why don't you take the problem the other way, the educational system
is/should be looking for feature, not product.
This said, we should find out what is missing on Linux to fill the gap
and then code it.

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Bruno Coudoin
GCOMPRIS - http://ofset.sourceforge.net/gcompris

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