Convincing a school district to migrate from OS X to Ubuntu or Edubuntu

[Christopher J Combrink]

On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 22:37 +0800, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
> Christopher J Combrink wrote:
> > Well, I know that UCT (University of Cape Town) uses Ubuntu as default
> > in their IT Faculty. 
> >
> > The commerce plebs still use XP though. 
> >
> > There's no reason that Grade 1 learners can't get started on Ubuntu??!
> >   
> Have you ever tried teaching a Grade 1 class where their desktops are 
> different? This has got nothing to do with whether Grade 1 learners can 
> get started on Ubuntu or whatever.
> > The new 8.10 is so simple, even larger banks are rolling it out. The
> > fact of the matter is that Ubuntu is now (more so everyday) in the
> > position to stand against giants like MS. For the people, by the
> > people! 
> >   
> I am sorry but I am not about to perform self-torture with Inteprid. I 
> have seen enough reports to not want to have to find ways to work around 
> bugs in services that are turned on by default or to otherwise fix things.
> > Hardware components are getting cheaper and cheaper as we go.. eps now
> > with the new core 7i chips being released. In time, things will be
> > affordable to any household, any income. 
> >   
> I guess you have a timeline for Sierra Leone? What is it? 20 years? 50? 
> 100? Oh, oh...let's not leave out China. What is your take on the 
> timeline for any household/any income in China being able to afford a 
> computer?
> > For a 3rd world country in Africa, we're doing pretty damb well (thanks
> > to legends like Shuttleworth).
> >   
> Or maybe you have less of a culture of corruption in South Africa. I 
> personally doubt the 'any household/any income can afford computers' in 
> Africa or China being at all possible within 50 years.
I'm sorry, but I had to laugh when I read that ;) Have you never heard
anything about SA or our government??! hahaha.. Our next President is up
for charged of: Fraud, Corruption, Rape.. but to name a few :'/

50 years ago, we were having WW2.. I DO believe that in another 50
years, every family will have a computer, or equivalent. Perhaps not the
creme of the crop, but at least it will give that springboard into IT..

> > On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 21:17 +0800, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
> >   
> >> Christopher J Combrink wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Macs are making huge head-way in South Africa. 
> >>>
> >>> As you say - they are popular amongst developers and also now,
> >>> Engineers. Stable. Powerful. What more do you need? (Personally, I still
> >>> love Ubuntu over OSX)
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> It's not quite the same if you are talking about students. Developers 
> >> and engineers probably get plenty of leeway on what their desktops look 
> >> like. I don't think I'd be doing that for students...especially if they 
> >> are in grade school and you have to teach them how to use the computer 
> >> to spice up their homework/presentation/whatever.
> >>     
> >>> Nothing wrong with a Mac running 8.10 ;) 
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Agreed on that. Too bad you cannot build a cheaper computer with the 
> >> same aesthetics.
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