| James Barrett on 18 Jan 2008 17:59:10 -0800 |
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 08:44:04PM -0500, Matthew Rosewarne wrote: > Please leave this kind of thing to the "Get The Facts" campaign, since it's > sort of clear that it's skewed towards Linux. You won't gain their trust > with such tactics. Fortunately, we don't need this sort of thing, Linux > stands very well without spin. You are right, and the panel is meant to simply educate the faculty about Linux and its differences comapred to Windows. > > 30 new machines @ $500 per machine (a VERY conservative estimate) > > Office 2007 for each machine: $150/license > > Why would they buy 30 new machines? They don't seem to mind keeping the old > win98 machines around, so why would they ditch them now? Vista will never run on 95% of the machines that the school currently owns, as the video and audio cards are incompatible. > > Two new B&W laser printers and one good color AIO inkjet... $800 > > This isn't contingent on OS. Unless I perform magic, more than 3 quarters of the printers they currently own will never work with Vista, as compatible drivers will _never_ be made for them. Of course, print servers might be an option, like CUPS... > > We're already well past $20K and have not even calculated flat panels! > > 30 bulk OEM Flat panels @ $175 each > > I would expect they would get the cheapest monitors possible and at an > educational discount. Yeah, true. $175 is really cheap for new flat panels though. > > Nearing $25000, which is $24000 more than they need to spend.(<--period) > > > I do seriously believe that migration to Linux will cost the school less > > than $1000, give them a state-of-the-art lab and still save them enough > > money to heat the entier school for a few cold winter months. > > Sure, Linux migration is *very* cheap in terms of infrastructure cost. ... but complicated, requiring much careful consideration. > > The students are currently learning just a few things on these machines. > > 1) word processing, spreadsheet functions and the such > > 2) web browsing > > 3) school stuff (math, reading, spelling) > > 4) how to do fun, seasonal stuff like make holiday cards with clipart > > > > All of which can be done in Linux. They are NOT doing stuff that > > requires bleeding edge machinery. > > Students need to be be taught the _concepts_, not specific applications. In > 10 years, knowing how to use Excel 2007 won't be of much use. Thanks. Attachment:
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