Re: (clug-talk) CBE Wants to hear from us - it's a start at least.

On September 22, 2003 02:50 pm, you wrote:
> This is an excellent idea. The schools are always talking to Microsoft but,
> the schools are always crying about cash. The ROI for them with Linux would
> be a huge annual savings even with their educational discounts.

I think a fair argument for this would be how much would it cost them to train 
their staff to use it? sometimes the cost of training is far greater then the 
cost of the licenses.  They would have to know they would be guaranteed free 
or low cost consulting until their staff are completely trained and 
comfortable with the system. Offering help through certain mailing lists etc 
would not be enough support for them to start at least. I just couldn't 
imagine they would have the time in the day to be searching the internet on 
how to fix their system if something breaks. You also have to realize some 
people don't know how to use search engines efficiently, and they might not 
even know what they are suppose to be looking for.  Putting together some 
sort of 6 month to 1 year support group for the school may be helpful, at 
least this way one person wouldn't have to be on call 24/7..  

just a thought..