On 2/9/06, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/9/06, ramfree17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > now to veer off in another direction since medyo depressing yung thread.
> i just successfully "advocated" a teacher-friend of mine to install F/LOSS
> in their school laboratory.
>
> You might be surprised to know that at a mozcom client (southridge -- one of
> the most expensive schools around) they were and are very interested in
> F/LOSS.
And there are other (untold, unpublicized) stories, too, of how
schools are very interested / have taken the plunge / are thriving in
FOSS.
Hey, maybe we can turn this discussion on its head (and probably stop
the flood of me-too, same-here stories): why not y'all folks out there
trade in your anecdotes of FOSS adoption (planned, ongoing,
successful) in schools? In the PLUG site, perhaps, if not in the list
(in a new thread, of course)?
In my school, De La Salle-Canlubang, we ditched MS Office for OOo. The college computers are now dual-boot with Windows and Mandriva Linux. I think we're migrating to Linux. Also, I think the other Windows servers were removed and replaced with a Linux+Squid+DansGuardian proxy. My guess is that there's only one MS server left which serves our online enlistment running on ASP.
There's also a professor for a BM/BA course recommending OOo Calc over MS Excel and uses it for the class' exercises and hands-on stuff.
Another smaller thing to take note of is that the IT admins are using the penguin wallpapers on Windows boxes. Haha
Come on, that's a more positive approach, I think, instead of ranting
(which, by the way, is sometimes good, I think) and venting steam,
etc. And, folks, relax. :)
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