[K12OSN] Banding Together to Create Market Forces

[Robert Arkiletian]

On 1/28/06, R. Scott Belford <scott at hosef.org> wrote:
> There are really nice, well-meaning, but overwhelmed sales teams all
> over the education marketplace.  The need more money for their
> commissions.  Now.  When you are the first to call, explain the
> potential size of your sale,  and emphasize your need for their product
> to run on Linux, you get attention.  When you are the 10th, you are part
> of trend.  When you are the 20th, you may have just cemented change.

One step towards making this happen is a comprehensive list of all
schools in the world using Linux (LTSP or variants). We need to decide
what school info should be included (eg number of students, Linux
adoption date,  contact info, etc..). At the end of the list a summary
of (# of schools, # students, # countries, etc..) This list needs to
be updated every few months (max 6 months). Showing such a list of
prospective customers will have weight. The
http://www.frappr.com/k12ltsp is useful but it does not show all dots
by default and has no formal info on each dot.
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Robert Arkiletian
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