Not sure that education is effective - you're competing with slick marketing efforts. If you want a cut of the action you need to make people feel comfortable and agreeable with change. Here are a few suggestions.
a) (cynical approach) organise a fact finding trip to the US or UK b) work with Linux champions in a few schools c) pick an angle - eg servers, libraries, administration PCs, learning networks... and demonstrate it works and the availability of turn key/packaged systems. d) eliminate the image of a Unix Guru - who is expensive and constantly fiddles with the system. - work on reliability and simplicity. Marghanita Jeff Waugh wrote: <snip> > What sort of strategies do you suggest for educating the DoE, both at the <snip> -- Marghanita da Cruz mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ramin.com.au - Tel:(+61)0414-869202 Ramin Communications - ABN 27 089 713 084 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
