[ubuntu-uk] influence in education

[Sarah Chard]

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n Tue, 2011-06-21 at 14:25 +0100, suprengr wrote:

> Two identical laptops running side by side.  One running MS only
> software, the other running Ubuntu and equivalent software.
> Stuck [prominently] to each laptop is a "price tag" ;)

Bill
yes that's a neat way to show cost factors - of course being volunteers
we don't usually have identical laptops but we should have similar
enough ones to incorporate that - 
we have labels for those who want to know spec and software details but
blatent 'price tags' are a good idea - perhaps we could have a dedicated
education space this year and incorporate that idea into information we
put up showing how much you can potentially save.
>From experience I know parents tend to buy new laptops for kids for the
new school term and are then horrified to learn that they have to pay
again for MS office packages - at previous events we've had a lot of
uptake by offering a disc with FOSS programs that run under windows and
then talking to visitors about Linux and offering them Ubuntu discs

Sarah
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