Increasing Linux usage was: County Meeting

Tue, 9 Jul 2002 14:13:03 -0700

Quoting Robert Bushman <plug@traxel.com>:

> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Bill Nash wrote:
> 

> There are many targets of opportunity in Maricopa
> County - private, public, and individual. If we
> get the populace of Maricopa County up to 10%
> Linux deployed on the desktop, with a 90% success
> rate, will Maricopa be able to defend it's
> Microsoft-centricity?

I'm picking one item from this long post to comment on.

I've noticed that the Scottsdale Library has software you can check out just 
like you do a book. Obviously the selection is limited by copyright restrains 
and most of it is outdated. You can't check out M$ Office, load it on your 
computer and then return the CD two weeks later.

Would this be a good way to introduce the public to Linux? What if they could 
just go to the library and check out a copy of OpenOffice and load it on their 
Windows box? ("Hey, this is cool!") And maybe find the latest Linux distros on 
the same shelf with a note that PLUG could offer install help.

Now it might not be so simple as taking a load of CD's down to your local 
branch. While the library does take donations they will not guarentee that 
they will be put on the shelf.

- Dennis

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