<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Ya, I'll let her know about this group and mailing list.  District is in the NW 'burbs of the cities. <DIV>Kyle Benson kb_one@hotmail.com kylebenson@gmail.com http://www.kbenson.net</DIV> > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:39:04 -0500 > From: tonyyarusso@comcast.net > To: ubuntu-us-mn@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Converting MN Colleges to OSS > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Perhaps you could get her and/or higher ups on this list or otherwise > in contact with us? Could be a good in. What district? > > kb b wrote: > > .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { > > FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } My sister works for a local > > school disctrict and there are rumblings of OOo being used instead > > of Microsoft for cost saving reasons. This would mean little kids > > learing to word process on OOo instead of Word which I feel is the > > best way to break the Microsoft cycle. I think people are finally > > starting to wake up! > > > > > > > >> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:37:35 -0500 From: > >> tonyyarusso@comcast.net To: ubuntu-us-mn@lists.ubuntu.com > >> Subject: Re: Converting MN Colleges to OSS > >> > > Aaron wrote: > >> Hey all, > > > >> I came up with an idea for a potential project that we could > >> maybe look into if people are interested. > > > >> On any campus you visit in the Metro area (and I'm sure > >> elsewhere) they all appear to be using Microsoft Office to do > >> their word, spreadsheet, and database processing. While this > >> isn't inherently an issue, as I'm sure you are aware these pieces > >> of software cost LOTS of money not only for the colleges that > >> provide computers for the students to use but also for the > >> students who in part pay tuition fees to cover the software and > >> pay money for the software for their own personal use. Why > >> increase the cost of higher education unnecessarily with it can > >> easily and effectively be replaced with free and open source > >> alternatives such as Abiword and Open Office? > > > >> Here's my idea, and if there is enough interest we can look into > >> doing something with it. If I'm not mistaken colleges just like > >> any other business are looking to cut expenses, why not show them > >> an effective way to cut their expenses with out loosing > >> anything? Normandale (where I currently go) already has Firefox > >> installed on all the computers and is set as default browser, > >> they obviously aren't opposed to open source software, we just > >> need to show them that there are more options out there. > > > >> Anyways, I thought I'd run it by you guys, if there is interest > >> maybe we can make a plan, get a presentation together (made on > >> OSS yay!) and maybe show these guys the future. > > > >> Let me know what you think, > > > >> Aaron > > This would be a fantastic tack to start in on. My school (Saint > > Paul College) also has Firefox on every machine, and within the > > computing courses even uses Ubuntu for some things, but I haven't > > see OOo or anything else of the sort in any of the labs. Also, the > > University of Minnesota runs Ubuntu on all machines in the > > Computer Science department, and hosts a full Ubuntu repository > > mirror. > > > > There were some folks in the Canadian team looking into university > > stuff, but I don't know if anything ever came of it. > >> > >> > - -- > Ubuntu-us-mn mailing list > Ubuntu-us-mn@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-mn > > > ------------------------- Make your little one a shining star! > > Shine on! <http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFG8nf4KlAIzV4ebxoRAgA2AJ4rub7uUdaVR6bdEnVktDB9SJyRwgCghI4C > 40U3bnCfDoHjff45FcmDzhQ= > =a0ut > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-mn mailing list > Ubuntu-us-mn@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-mn <hr />Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Café. <a href='http://www.cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_SeptWLtagline' target='_new'>Play now!</a></body> </html>