Can we help a Phoenix school convert to Linux?

[Jim]

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Do it under the auspices of AZOTO - it is the NPO that PLUG formed as a 
"commercial" entity.  AZOTO welcomes projects and volunteers from PLUG and it 
can serve to get both organizations good publicity.  I am hoping this thing 
gets past the "talking" stage.

On Saturday 17 August 2002 06:26, you wrote:
> 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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Jim

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