[K12OSN] Re: LTSP presentation to all Alberta Ed tech leaders conference

[Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu]

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 09:10 -0500, pogson wrote:
> I did teach in AB briefly. It is not a very Linux-friendly province. The
> educational leadership does not listen to the grassroots much and the
> bosses are pro-Microsoft. AB Education gives stuff away to schools that
> only works with Windows/MacOS, for instance. 

It is my humble opinion (based on personal experience, mind you) that
getting Linux or other F/OSS into big school boards is essentially a
lost cause.  The IT departments have too much vested interested in
keeping Microsoft, and higher ups are too scared to implement anything
else.  Oh sure, motions are made to investigate other options, but
that's all they are.

I haven't heard of a single big school board in Canada switching to a
Linux environment (be it LTSP, K12LTSP, Thinstation, etc.).  However,
when one of them finally does, the rest will quickly follow, or as
quickly as their budgets will allow.

Until that time, it's the small boards that will continue to change
over.  Those boards and their students will be better off, of that I'm
100% sure.

Regards,

Ranbir
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