Subject: Re: Fwd: Distributing OpenOffice to schools
From: Fielder George Dowding (fgdowding@iceworm-enterprises.net )
Date: Wed Aug 13 2003 - 09:53:02 AKDT
Greetings all,
Yes, I am for this sort of activity. I have found there is little
interest in alternatives to Microsoft products in the not-for-profit and
educational community (that part where I have rubbed elbows). There
seems to be sufficient support from other not-for-profit organizations
such as Foracre (? I still can't remember how to spell it) and various
Alaska Native corporations. Thus, there is little incentive for an
educational institution to switch from what is now perceived as the
mainstream. Therefore, just presenting, say, the Anchorage School
District, with a number of free CD's will probably be a waste of time
and effort.
I am the first to admit I don't have a good suggestion. I hope there are
others on this list who can come up with a reasonable plan. I suspect it
will require a combination of personal contact, on-site demonstration,
and some level of commitment to support.
Well, there is my $1.50. fgd.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 09:18:32AM -0800, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
>
> Something that might be interesting, especially in light of the recent budget
> cuts for education.
>
> j----- k-----
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> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Subject: [CVALE] Distributing OpenOffice to schools
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:44:19 -0800
> From: "Lincoln Peters" <lincoln_peters@hotmail.com>(by way of "Joshua J.
> Kugler" <jkugler@bigfoot.com>)
> To: isd@asuaf.org
>
>
> Perhaps the group has already heard about this (the Linux community in
> Northern California has been spreading the word much faster than I
> expected), but here it is:
>
>
> The OpenOffice.org team has announced to Schoolforge that it intends to
> launch an education campaign in October (when OpenOffice 1.1 is released)
> and put as many copies of OpenOffice in the hands of students and teachers
> as possible.
>
> Is anyone here interested in burning and distributing OpenOffice CD's to
> public schools? At some time in the near future, they will release an ISO
> with OpenOffice 1.1 that supports Windows auto-run, so if you are
> interested, you should not start burning CD's just yet (I can notify the
> group when the official ISO is available).
>
> This project is being coordinated by "ian" (ian.lynch2@ntlworld.com), an
> OpenOffice.org developer. There does not appear to be any information on
> the OpenOffice.org website yet, but I can provide information (and URL's)
> as soon as I receive it.
>
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> Joshua Kugler, Information Services Director
> Associated Students of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
> isd@asuaf.org, 907-474-7601
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