[K12OSN] Linux cut off
"Terrell Prudé, Jr."
microman at cmosnetworks.com
Sat Nov 20 02:21:55 UTC 2004
Bill Kendrick wrote:
>On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 08:49:40PM -0500, "Terrell Prudé, Jr." wrote:
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>>The teachers don't really know that the kids are using OpenOffice.org,
>>nor do they seem to care, so long as they can keep opening the kids'
>>files on their Windows boxes running MS Office.
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>OOC, any reason the teachers aren't just using OpenOffice.org?
>I see potential for even more $$ savings $$ :)
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>-bill!
>bill at newbreedsoftware.com New Breed Software
>http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ Tux Paint 0.9.14 is out!
>
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Good question.
The answer is that all of this was done very much under the table. I
took a major chance with my job in doing even what I've done so far. If
this K12LTSP server's ever actually discovered by the top bosses, I
might have reason to be concerned about my employment. I *don't* want
the teachers really knowing what's going on; I *want* them to be quiet.
The last thing I need is a teacher saying, "Oh, this OpenOffice thing is
too hard for me, I think I'll make a big stink to the principal's
director." The principal would have a problem, the tech person at the
school would have a problem, and I would definitely have a problem.
Maybe some day this might change, but I'm not holding my breath.
I did something similar about three and a half years ago with a Red Hat
Linux Web proxy server at a previous job. This beastie replaced two
much larger MS Proxy Servers that fell over nearly every night. The
"little" RHL Web proxy worked like a champ and saved boatloads of money,
and I mean boatloads, for my company. After six months of trouble-free
functionality (and *MAJOR* cost savings), it was discovered by the
London home office, and I was fired for it (my bosses suddenly got
amnesia, of course). I seem to have this knack for doing the right
thing and getting fired for it. Apparently I have not yet learned my
lesson, because I intend to continue. Maybe not in my district, but in
others...somewhere. I don't know why I feel this strongly about this; I
just know that I have to do it.
--TP
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