Can we help a Phoenix school convert to Linux?

[Vaughn Treude]

I haven't contacted him.  If anybody has, please let me know.  If nobody has, 
I volunteer- unless you were planning to do that, Tom.  In that case, I 
volunteer to help.  For example, if we can set up a meeting, I'll be there.

I would like to get a little feedback on this, though, on what you guys had 
in mind.  Should we do this as a charity thing-- free or cheap install and 
setup help, to help the schools and gain good publicity for Linux (and 
ourselves, of course)?  Or should this be just a business thing?  Will they 
take us seriously if we offer to do it for free?  Or should we do it for free 
and set up a fee system for subsequent support (after an initial grace period 
of, say, 30 days or so)?

Of course, we need to get an idea of the scale of what Mr. Walker is looking 
for, whether he has the authority to make any decisions, and whether MS has 
already done some sort of deal with the school system.

Please let me know, soon as you can,
Vaughn Treude
Nakota Software


On Thursday 15 August 2002 09:40, you wrote:
> The fellow with the school in Phoenix, has anybody been in touch with him?
> ... telephone call, email, anything?
>
>  - tom e.
>
> On 13 Aug 2002, Michelle Lowman wrote:
>
> I don't know him, but this could be the guy:
>
> http://www.inficad.com/~elvis/resume.html
>
> On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 12:06, Matt Alexander wrote:
> > I just read a CNet article that mentioned Donovan Walker as a head of a
> > Phoenix school's computer systems.  He's interested in migrating from
> > Windows to Linux.  Anyone know him?
> >
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949276.html
> >
> > Here's the relevant paragraph:
> >
> >  Donovan Walker, the head of a Phoenix school's computer systems, is one
> >  person who finds the price of Linux appealing. "I inherited a Windows
> >  server-client base from the people before me. As money is tight here,
> > and we've been directed to achieve a 1-to-5 computer-student ratio, it's
> > time for me to start looking for solutions that cost less," he said.
> >
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