Fishing License

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 14:47, Robin Laing wrote:
> > 
> > I'll have to face an uphill battle in September.

If you win, go all the way and get them to install k12ltsp and
save a ton of money.

>   The other option I'm
> > looking at is OpenOffice Portable that a teacher could run off a
> > thumbdrive.  That way no software is installed on the school computer,
> > but it allows parents/students to use an open source format for their
> > presentations.  If PPT could read open source (and accurately) it
> > would be a non-issue in that sense.  At least parents would still have
> > that choice despite the school using proprietary software.
> > 

> Another option that is simple is to put together a CD of FOSS software 
> to give to the teacher/IT/administrators that can be copied and given to 
> all the students.  This way all the students and teachers are using the 
> same software.  Solves many headaches.

Already done: http://www.theopencd.org/programs

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  Les Mikesell
  lesmikesell at gmail.com