The advantage of LTSP is you don't need the full operating system on the client. The client can be booted off floppy or boot rom and still connect by X.
If you are using ssh+x forwarding the client still has to have an operating system.
Trying --- I am a Tech Director at a school. We are handing out copies of OpenOffice to students to install at home. Pushing teachers to use it in their classes (that's the hardest part getting the teachers to change - not the students)
If OO sticks around there will be more and more future employees clamoring for it.
Or maybe you check a copy of his book out at the library? How much do authors make everytime I visit the library and "book-swap-paper-share-peer to peer - hazaa?"
Why aren't the big publishing houses targeting the local libraries?
Administration sees things in dollars and resources (man hours). That's their job. Take the above and add dollar signs.
* More pipe to download means more $$ * More viruses means more of your time devoted to clean up and removal and more downtime resulting in higher costs etc.
You get the idea.
Figure out what the cost of *your* time will be in dealing with P2P.
Administrators know the IT staff are stretched thin, and a carefully worded statement saying something else is going to have to give or we are going to need to spend $$$$ goes a long way.
I work for a K12 school district, and there are two types of software in use....we have the busy programs (drill and kill X blaster designed to keep the kids busy) and we have the application based applications (word processor etc).
In the application type of programs, teachers are reluctant to adopt it without either a textbook or a manual for themselves. The high school offers a course using Office 2000, and even though I can demonstrate all the advantages of OpenOffice, because there is no text book, the teacher feels he can't teach the course.
We also get a lot of software from the book publishers themselves that include supplmental materials to the textbook purchased. Almost to a tee, teachers feel they MUST use that software (use means install and never actually use), but the software is never, ever Linux based.
Finally, the busy work software, the X blasters. I don't like them personally, but teachers get hyped because they saw an article somewhere saying X blaster helps reinforce whatever skills. If the article wasn't software specific they wouldn't look so hard at that particular package. Because the article says program Y reinforces basic skills then they clamor for program Y.
There are still some stumbling blocks to implementing Linux K12 in the schools, we are *slowly* moving that way but it's taking LOTS of communication between myself and the teaching staff. The reassurance also comes from education (showing them linux won't byte), demonstrations of linux and software, lots of reassurance and hand holding. Not many schools can devote that type of resources even when the cost of the software is free.
I will second these sentiments, there are LOTS of reasons to be a teacher and/or work for a school.
I work for a K12 district as the network administrator. I receive a decent salary, but could definitely make more in the industry sector. I do not have summers off (12 month appointment) but have decent retirement, insurance, yadda yadda.
I chose to work in the district because I want to make a difference in my community and my children attend this district (and I want them to have the best education they possibly can).
Salary is great and all, but that's not how I chose to measure success in life (of course maybe I'd feel different if I had a 6 figure income).
I think a main reason people get involved in education.....is not for the money or summer's off but to make a difference in a child's life. What greater calling can there be?
An even more important issue for the K12 market is price. I'm sorry but that's the first thing that school's look at is the sticker cost. The iMacs were getting pretty darn cheap ($799) for a seat.
You are right Xcruciate, I can see kids jerking that monitor all over the place and I wonder about the durability of the neck.
The new iMac is very cool, but I don't think they were targeting it at K12 market.
Slashdot Mirror
There is a great tool at: http://www.danvine.com/icapture/
to see what your website would look like in Safari v1 or v1.2
There is also:
http://www.danvine.com/iecapture/
that will show how the page would render in various versions of Internet Explorer, Opera and an early release of Firefox.
The advantage of LTSP is you don't need the full operating system on the client. The client can be booted off floppy or boot rom and still connect by X.
If you are using ssh+x forwarding the client still has to have an operating system.
I just loaded their page and it's still up....better refresh and check to see if it still loads...yep still up...let me check again....
Trying --- I am a Tech Director at a school. We are handing out copies of OpenOffice to students to install at home. Pushing teachers to use it in their classes (that's the hardest part getting the teachers to change - not the students)
If OO sticks around there will be more and more future employees clamoring for it.
Or maybe you check a copy of his book out at the library? How much do authors make everytime I visit the library and "book-swap-paper-share-peer to peer - hazaa?"
Why aren't the big publishing houses targeting the local libraries?
Administration sees things in dollars and resources (man hours). That's their job. Take the above and add dollar signs.
* More pipe to download means more $$
* More viruses means more of your time devoted to clean up and removal and more downtime resulting in higher costs etc.
You get the idea.
Figure out what the cost of *your* time will be in dealing with P2P.
Administrators know the IT staff are stretched thin, and a carefully worded statement saying something else is going to have to give or we are going to need to spend $$$$ goes a long way.
I work for a K12 school district, and there are two types of software in use....we have the busy programs (drill and kill X blaster designed to keep the kids busy) and we have the application based applications (word processor etc).
In the application type of programs, teachers are reluctant to adopt it without either a textbook or a manual for themselves. The high school offers a course using Office 2000, and even though I can demonstrate all the advantages of OpenOffice, because there is no text book, the teacher feels he can't teach the course.
We also get a lot of software from the book publishers themselves that include supplmental materials to the textbook purchased. Almost to a tee, teachers feel they MUST use that software (use means install and never actually use), but the software is never, ever Linux based.
Finally, the busy work software, the X blasters. I don't like them personally, but teachers get hyped because they saw an article somewhere saying X blaster helps reinforce whatever skills. If the article wasn't software specific they wouldn't look so hard at that particular package. Because the article says program Y reinforces basic skills then they clamor for program Y.
There are still some stumbling blocks to implementing Linux K12 in the schools, we are *slowly* moving that way but it's taking LOTS of communication between myself and the teaching staff. The reassurance also comes from education (showing them linux won't byte), demonstrations of linux and software, lots of reassurance and hand holding. Not many schools can devote that type of resources even when the cost of the software is free.
So can hand written signatures. That doesn't make them any less binding.
Besides if negotations were done by phone or f2f which is how most deals are worked out today, there would be no communication records at all....
I will second these sentiments, there are LOTS of reasons to be a teacher and/or work for a school.
I work for a K12 district as the network administrator. I receive a decent salary, but could definitely make more in the industry sector. I do not have summers off (12 month appointment) but have decent retirement, insurance, yadda yadda.
I chose to work in the district because I want to make a difference in my community and my children attend this district (and I want them to have the best education they possibly can).
Salary is great and all, but that's not how I chose to measure success in life (of course maybe I'd feel different if I had a 6 figure income).
I think a main reason people get involved in education.....is not for the money or summer's off but to make a difference in a child's life. What greater calling can there be?
There is a software based PVR for PC's called Snapstream PVS. The website is http://www.snapstream.com It works under WinXXXX.
An even more important issue for the K12 market is price. I'm sorry but that's the first thing that school's look at is the sticker cost. The iMacs were getting pretty darn cheap ($799) for a seat.
You are right Xcruciate, I can see kids jerking that monitor all over the place and I wonder about the durability of the neck.
The new iMac is very cool, but I don't think they were targeting it at K12 market.
Isn't there a version of Windows XP on it's way for ATM's?.....think about it