Well... I'm thinking that I'll probably have to get the numbers on this but I'd think that just saying "k-12 can use a 'F'ree OS" is rather limiting. I'd much rather advocate that our respective municipal governments spend their money on important things instead of licensing for non-Free software. Think about this for a minute - how many computers does it take to run a local government. The licensing costs for that have got to be astronomical and what that really means is your tax dollars at work, funding non-Free software. I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else is already working on this issue. Joshua Jore Minneapolis Ward 3, precinct 10 "The irony of this man being imprisoned in the United States and longing to return to once-Communist Russia so he can regain his right to free speech is simply staggering." - someone else On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Jason Hataye wrote: > > > I may be interested in participating in this to some extent. I'm not > sure what is involved in "building an integrated Linux," as I'm pretty > much a linux/computer novice compared to most of the folks here. Any > technical stuff I'd have to learn and I'm a busy medical student, so the > amount of linux stuff I can learn is unfortunately not much. I would be > more useful in advertising and trying to get new linux users to try > it. One thing I've come to think is that linux would be a total gold > mine for the K-12 public schools in terms of cost, but also educational > value. We all know linux is a great OS. If we decide to go for it, we > would need to decide what kind of package we should put together. > Perhaps we could approach some high school teachers and find out what > they would want, or even if they would be interested? What a better > "seed" than getting young kids to use linux? If several Tclug folks were > interested in pursing this, I'd be on board. ......