[Inschool] [Fwd: [Fwd: [KLUG Members] New LINUX products]]

[Bruce]

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Hi All,

Here is a email reply from my school board connection, and the questions
that he has.

Does anybody know if Linux can run some/all of these programs?

I talked to him tonight and he said "...if there's any of them that
won't run, then its' not worth it to use Linux..."

Any suggestions? Does anybody _know_if there would be a problem with
linux running any of these mentioned below?

Let me say this now, from the conversation tonight there are more that
he couldn't think of that they do have, how much more and what is
another story. :-)  We've got to get through this first. Then run with
the rest, ie. grab the bull by the horns. (M humor, :-))

 As always, TIA

Bruce


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Bruce:

What would probably be ideal in this area would be the creation of a
list that includes the various products that a school administrator or
teacher would typically use that also contains Linux equivalents. It is
my recollection that most of our computers in Comstock actually now
reside in the classroom and are used for a combination of things,
including:
- Student learning (Reader Rabbit, Math Blaster, Kid Pix, Mavis Beacon,
    Jumpstart, NovaNET, and many others)
- Writing notes to parents (MS Word, MS Works)
- Creating presentations (MS Powerpoint, MS Excel, MS Works)
- Developing newsletters (MS Publisher, MS Works, and others)
- Recording grades and scores (I think this SW is provided by KRESA)
- Writing and reading e-mail (MS Outlook, AOL, and others)
-Surfing the web (Internet Explorer, Netscape)
You will note that I have included some software titles that I know
are in use. This by no means comprises the entire list that is in use and
I'm sure that Scott,. Tony, Jamie, and other folks on the inschool KLUG
list can probably add to it. I will also try to check with Mark Peeters (our
Technology Manager) to see if there is a difinitive list of titles in the district
that I can provide for your comparison.

Thanks,
Bill James

Bruce wrote:

> Bill,
>
> I finally found your email address.  :-)
>
> Would you like to get/hear from IT's on using Linux over windows? At a
> school board meeting? If so, please let me know, and I will put the word
> out to the KLUG and we will get a response. Some might be local, some
> may come from GR, or like this email, maybe Sturgis. I would not know at
> present.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bruce
>
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>
> Subject: RE: [KLUG Members] New LINUX products
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:15:44 -0400
> From: "Scott Van Singel" <svansingel@sturgis.k12.mi.us>
> Reply-To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
> To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
>
> I am looking for the complete package as for Linux and email goes.
> I am using Exchange 2000 with Outlook at the clients on the machines. If there was anyway I could replace to Desktop os and use linux on the machines and servers we could save tons of money.
> I do want to keep the same functions as Exchange. IE.
> A email client
> Able to use contacts
> make calendar events
> share emails
> share docs.
>
> Does open office with other servers give you this function.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Williams [mailto:adam@morrison-ind.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 11:52 AM
> To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] New LINUX products
>
> >There are plenty of email servers for Linux. Could you clarify your
> >request. Or be specific about what features you're looking for.
>
> He is actually looking for groupware ***backends*** as I recall,  not
> strictly e-mail.
>
> For email there is sendmail+cyrus-map,  the ultimate solution.  But it
> doesn't do anything for calendering, etc....
>
> And there are lots of groupware front ends (moregroupware.org,
> phpgroupware.org, etc....) but those don't support groupware ***clients***
> like Outlook, etc...
>
> He specifically wants a back-end, and Exchange killer.
>
> Commercial ones exist, such as Samsung Connect and Bynari,  but nothing
> (AFIAK) from the Open Source community.
>
> PHP Groupware has theoretically developed an XML-RPC API that could serve
> as the basis for a backend,  and this is what the OO people are looking at
> the most.    But currently that is vapor ware.
>
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