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They just have +</I>>>><i> to be available on the installation DVD, with a selectable Educational +</I>>>><i> group of applications, much like the Internet and Server groups +</I>>>><i> available on existing Mandriva DVD's. It could even be called "Young +</I>>>><i> Family". +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Note that in the past (at least about 10 years ago), RedHat CD's had +</I>>>><i> many selectable installation groups, many of which overlapped. So using +</I>>>><i> this approach, there could be groups called "Educational", "Young +</I>>>><i> Family", and "Home Office", for example, all containing the +</I>>>><i> go-openoffice office suite, among other applications. +</I>>>><i> I believe that the current Mandriva DVD doesn't have any overlap between +</I>>>><i> installation groups. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>>><i> - André (andre999) +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I like this approach. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Same here. When I used SuSE Linux 4.4.1 they had the same approach. I +</I>><i> even did several installations, each with a different set of +</I>><i> applications, using the same /home. A good way to find out what you +</I>><i> really want/need. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc, what you wrote about kids being the future is common knowledge, +</I>><i> I wonder that so many companies do not recognize that. Microsoft does, +</I>><i> they are sponsoring school computer networks and internet access, thus +</I>><i> creating their future client base. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> wobo +</I>><i> +</I> +Suse Linux really lost momentum when Novell didn't/has not recognized +that its netware application days are at an end. If they pushed for a +Suse educational netware application/distro, most school boards using +the Novel netware apps would migrate this way. Fewer disruptions to +their systems. School boards plan 5-10 years in advance for changes and +it is extremely difficult for them to change in the middle of planned +migration. There is a lot of money involved in this. Most board will pay +Microsoft approx. $30-50/seat for use of MSWord -- so for example our +board has over 10,000 computers. That is a huge cost just for the use of +a Wordprocessor. I don't know the cost of the Novell install/contract +but it would most likely approach this amount. + +If Mageia had educational partners on-board it would be a huge initial +plus to the distro. School boards are, in a traditional sense, expected +to spend money and not save/make money. We could, for example, offer to +tailor certain aspects of the distro for our education partners. Note +that the focus on educational institutions is for foster use of +knowledge, so they would most likely be interested in areas of a distro +that focussed on kids/adult learning needs. If Mageia did this well, +then this could then lead to more educational partners coming on board. +We would only need 2-5 educational partners to kick-start this approach. +I would suggest to try for 1 educational partner per continent. It would +then mushroom from there. + +Unfortunately, not having a Mageia server service may hurt us. But there +is nothing to stop us from partnering or tooling up our community distro +to work well with a server (in this case I would go for RedHat servers). + +There is no doubt that the next major expenses in the very near future +for school boards is the change in netware applications. And they are +still very confused. What they do know is that it will most likely be a +linux solution. That is pretty well accepted. + +Marc + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000571.html">[Mageia-dev] Identifying Target Markets +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000550.html">[Mageia-dev] Hello +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#574">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#574">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#574">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#574">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |