[ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

[Dianne Reuby]

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 08:10 +0000, Stephen O'Neill wrote:
> Another issue I have heard mentioned is that we have come across some
> schools who have had network managers that decided to install Linux...
> but then they left and the person who took over didn't know how to
> manage it. They then called in outside help, they scratched their
> heads
> and ripped it out and stuck MS in.
> 
> So manuals/training etc are very important if the installations are to
> become permanent and not a pet project of the current manager.

So we need to emphasis the availability of paid support from Canonical
when "selling" to customers such as schools and small businesses.

Dianne Reuby
Collections Manager
Museum of Computing @ Swindon
http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk