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They just +</I>>>>><i> 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 +</I>>>>><i> 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 +</I>>>>><i> between +</I>>>>><i> installation groups. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> - André (andre999) +</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>><i> Suse Linux really lost momentum when Novell didn't/has not recognized +</I>><i> that its netware application days are at an end. If they pushed for a +</I>><i> Suse educational netware application/distro, most school boards using +</I>><i> the Novel netware apps would migrate this way. Fewer disruptions to +</I>><i> their systems. School boards plan 5-10 years in advance for changes +</I>><i> and it is extremely difficult for them to change in the middle of +</I>><i> planned migration. There is a lot of money involved in this. Most +</I>><i> board will pay Microsoft approx. $30-50/seat for use of MSWord -- so +</I>><i> for example our board has over 10,000 computers. That is a huge cost +</I>><i> just for the use of a Wordprocessor. I don't know the cost of the +</I>><i> Novell install/contract but it would most likely approach this amount. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If Mageia had educational partners on-board it would be a huge initial +</I>><i> plus to the distro. School boards are, in a traditional sense, +</I>><i> expected to spend money and not save/make money. We could, for +</I>><i> example, offer to tailor certain aspects of the distro for our +</I>><i> education partners. Note that the focus on educational institutions is +</I>><i> for foster use of knowledge, so they would most likely be interested +</I>><i> in areas of a distro that focussed on kids/adult learning needs. If +</I>><i> Mageia did this well, then this could then lead to more educational +</I>><i> partners coming on board. We would only need 2-5 educational partners +</I>><i> to kick-start this approach. I would suggest to try for 1 educational +</I>><i> partner per continent. It would then mushroom from there. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Unfortunately, not having a Mageia server service may hurt us. But +</I>><i> there is nothing to stop us from partnering or tooling up our +</I>><i> community distro to work well with a server (in this case I would go +</I>><i> for RedHat servers). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> There is no doubt that the next major expenses in the very near future +</I>><i> for school boards is the change in netware applications. And they are +</I>><i> still very confused. What they do know is that it will most likely be +</I>><i> a linux solution. That is pretty well accepted. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I>Targeting the school boards makes a lot of sense. +Note that Openoffice targeted various gov't organisations in France, +some of which ended up migrating to Mandriva as well. Maybe that could +work with school boards as well. I'm tempted to try something like that +with mine, in banlieue of Montréal. +Just out of curiosity, what is your school board ? + +For the server, if Mandriva management were a little more reasonable, it +would be good to partner with them. (I'd like to see something like +RedHat/Fedora.) +In any case, you can't go wrong with RedHat. + +André (andre999) +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000687.html">[Mageia-dev] Identifying Target Markets +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000691.html">[Mageia-dev] Identifying Target Markets +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#688">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#688">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#688">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#688">[ 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> |