Cool! Im surprised they didnt use Edubuntu. I will be touching briefly on using OSS in government in my pres tonight... jmz On 3/9/06, Steven A. DuChene wrote: > > This is a message that came across the Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts > mailing list. I just thought others in this group would be interested > in hearing about something like this. I don't know if this has hit > some place like linuxtoday or not. > -- > Steven A. DuChene > > -----Forwarded Message----- > >From: Sean Kilpatrick > >Sent: Mar 9, 2006 12:46 PM > >To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts > >Subject: Re: [ale] Atlanta school converted to Linux by PTA > > > >On Thursday 09 March 2006 14:23, James P. Kinney III wrote: > >| Yes, you read the subject line correctly! Apparently, there is one > >| school in the Atlanta Public School System that was converted to almost > >| entirely Linux by its PTA. > > > >James, > >did you, perhaps, miss the Feb. Ale Central meeting? > > This blurb was taken from the ALE web page: > > > >-------------------- ---------------------- > > > >Evangelizing Open Source Benefits for Education > >presented by > >Daniel Howard, > >President and CEO, Quadrock Communications > > > >After years of frustration trying to keep Windows legacy computers > >functioning at Morris Brandon Elementary School, two parent volunteers > >recommended to the principal and the PTA leadership that the school move > >to a Linux thin client server system employing the K12-LTSP package. The > >proposal was accepted, with the result that all of the school?s computers > >are now fully functional and over 50 donated PC?s have been converted > into > >useful Linux thin clients. Some of the teachers are now considering what > >they could do with a computer for every student. Initially, the school > >district technology personnel staunchly opposed the system, but they have > >become believers after observing the success and benefits of using open > >source software first hand. > > > >----------------------- --------------------------------- > > > >Someone said at that meeting that the IT dept. for the Atlanta School > >Board (which had fought the idea throughout the process) now considers > >this experiment a "proof of concept" and is willing to try it in other > >schools. > > > >Sean > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ale mailing list > Ale@ale.org > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > >