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Maybe that could +</I>>><i> work with school boards as well. I'm tempted to try something like that +</I>>><i> with mine, in banlieue of Montréal. +</I>>><i> Just out of curiosity, what is your school board ? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> For the server, if Mandriva management were a little more reasonable, it +</I>>><i> would be good to partner with them. (I'd like to see something like +</I>>><i> RedHat/Fedora.) +</I>>><i> In any case, you can't go wrong with RedHat. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> André (andre999) +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Bonjour André: +</I>Salut Marc : +(sorry for the slow reply, didn't notice it right away) +><i> +</I>><i> As an example, the official word from the Ontario Ministry of +</I>><i> Education is that if users cannot afford the use of MSOffice, that we +</I>><i> are allowed to promote the use of StarOffice. Here is the official +</I>><i> link: <A HREF="http://www.osapac.org/db/view_software.php?id=310">http://www.osapac.org/db/view_software.php?id=310</A> Sun had made +</I>><i> arrangements to provide support through their 1-800 ... telephone +</I>><i> service (unofficially, they had also said that they would have +</I>><i> supported OpenOffice user queries as well, although this policy may +</I>><i> have changed after this policy had been posted on the net). There are +</I>><i> over 2 million students being taught in Ontario where I teach. Quite a +</I>><i> good market to target. You can find the statistics on registered +</I>><i> school student numbers here: +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www42.statcan.ca/smr08/2007/smr08_088_2007-eng.htm">http://www42.statcan.ca/smr08/2007/smr08_088_2007-eng.htm</A> +</I>Interesting contract. +I've read of similar approaches in France with OpenOffice or StarOffice, +where they ended up installing (at least some) Mandriva workstations. +><i> +</I>><i> If we were to commit to an "Education based" install (this could be +</I>><i> done at the point of installation where you could tag the type of +</I>><i> distro that you would want installed) with SOLID alternatives for the +</I>><i> most common software packages used in educational institutions, then +</I>><i> we could make a convincing case for the installation of Mageia +</I>><i> desktops in schools. Most governmental agencies today are sensitive to +</I>><i> ways of cutting down on expenses. +</I>Selecting an "Education based" install (which could be used with other +software selections is what I had in mind. +This could be called the "Education software group" (for want of a +better name). +Like that you don't need a special "Education" version, it's the same +DVD for everyone. +Of course, the necessary education software has to be on the DVD. +An excellent way to promote Mageia. +In fact, using a common DVD, students could take a copy home, and +install as well, the "young family" and/or "home office" software +groups. (Which would necessarily overlap to some extent.) +><i> +</I>><i> The only problem that I would see in doing such a promotion is that +</I>><i> this type of usage would require a server/client solution. This is +</I>><i> where the choice of server partnership would become important. RehHat +</I>><i> and Suse are well-known servers options in the business world. We +</I>><i> could then partner up with them and make sure that Mageia/RedHat or +</I>><i> Mageia/Suse solutions are rock solid. Unless we seek a partnership +</I>><i> with MandrivaLinux server, but in North American markets, Mandriva is +</I>><i> really not a force to contend with and is not really known. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I>Since we're in Canada, Mageia/RedHat and Mageia/Suse make sense due to +the greater North American presence, but Mandriva server is a major +player in the European and South American markets. +The advantage of using Mandriva server in Canada is English/French in +the education system in every province. +Like I've already said elsewhere, I'd like to see some accommodation +with Mandriva for the commercial/server side. +In any case, we could always offer a choice of servers. RedHat, Suse, +and Mandriva all use compatible RPM packaging. + +André (andre999) +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000910.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000916.html">[Mageia-dev] Identifying Target Markets +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#913">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#913">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#913">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#913">[ 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> |