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

[Alex]

Heh, let's do a PowerPoint presentation! :)

We'll make it in StarOffice and show it to them on a Windoze box!

Alex Heizer
http://www.synchcorp.com/alex
http://www.synchcorp.com/alexheizer


tom poe wrote:

> On Thursday 25 April 2002 21:54, Alex wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I agree. We can't be telling the school system "you should be looking for
> > this, not that". We've been saying that for years, and people aren't
> > going to change. We instead need to say to ourselves "how can we present
> > this so that these people who want product X will feel like they are not
> > going backwards by using product Y?"
>
> Hi:  Well, whether it's working with linux long enough to feel somewhat
> comfortable, or whether linux is "catching up", but I personally think it's
> because linux is "catching up".  There's a myth being perpetuated, and if we
> take the naysayers through an install of RH, SuSE, Mandrake, they'll just be
> in awe, I think.  So, when the community-based studios get up and running,
> one of the first things we do, is a video!!! Show Them!
> Thanks,
> Tom Poe
> Reno, NV
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