Can we help a Phoenix school convert to Linux?

This sounds like a great project for a beginner like me. Sign me up.


Regards,
Darren Brown


>From: "David Uhlman" <plug_mail@50km.com>
>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>Subject: Re: Can we help a Phoenix school convert to Linux?
>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:47:04 -0700
>
>It seems like der.hans has been mulling over putting together a
>commercial/npo entity to start taking cracks at exactly this sort of thing.
>I don't want to speak for him though. I have the beackground and experience
>for it, and would be very interested in tackling these sort of projects.
>
>I suppose we should group together those that are "really" interested, have
>"real" time they could commit to something like this, and have experience
>in
>the key areas. Get together (online or off) and have a good sit down about
>what might be done to put together a vendor that could handle this.
>
>What does everyone else think?
>
>Sincerely,
>David Uhlman
>CTO 50km Inc.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Matt Alexander" <m@netpro.to>
>To: "PLUG-AZ" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 12:06 PM
>Subject: Can we help a Phoenix school convert to Linux?
>
>
> > 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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