Active Vs Passive was..Why getting Shared Media rolling is important
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Fri Apr 14 17:46:37 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 13:26 -0400, Karlie Robinson wrote:
> The information I read on the Edu page talks about vocational training
> for students.
>
The mailing list is different from the wiki page which is why I gave
them both to you. Read the list archives for other ongoing discussions
before jumping into conclusions.
> What I'm talking about is a no-holds-bared *marketing* assault on the
> installed computer base in schools.
>
> I'm not talking about teaching a few-thousand like-minded students how
> to run Fedora so they can land a job as an Enterprise Admin.
>
> I'm talking about convincing Schools to spend their Computer/Technology
> budget rolling out Linux, so a few Million kids can enjoy the freedom
> OSS brings.
>
> By actively searching out people who have the authority (common term
> "decision maker") to say to their board... "By going Linux, we will save
> thousands of dollars on software. That money can then be used for [fill
> in the blank]."
>
> When it comes down to it, it's not about jobs operating Red Hat. My
> idea was about getting Fedora on Millions of class room PC's.
>
> Think beyond enterprise servers for a moment and see what millions of
> little kids using Fedora/Linux means to the big picture and to the RH
> bottom line in years to come.
>
> If my marketing ideas aren't helpful to you here, I won't waste any more
> of your time.
>
> ~Karlie
Again, read the list archives. This is already being discussed there.
Rahul
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