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<B>andré</B>
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<PRE>Marc Paré a écrit :
><i>
</I>>><i> Targeting the school boards makes a lot of sense.
</I>>><i> Note that Openoffice targeted various gov't organisations in France,
</I>>><i> some of which ended up migrating to Mandriva as well. 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.
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</I>>><i> André (andre999)
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</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)
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