open source software in public education what's the holdup
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Open Source Software in Public Education:
What's the Holdup?
Samuel Coleman
Barriers and Ways Around Them
Discussion Points
18 wheelers and pickups No one gets fired for buying Macrohard Brand doesn't equal Need Follow the HERD Ignorance is costly Eating Out or Learning to Cook Remember Gulliver
18 wheelers and pickups
Small Organizations tend to be more nibble
Large Organizations tend to be less nibble
No one gets fired for buying Macrohard
IT professional are under pressure to provide “SAFE” (familiar) technology solutions.
Brand doesn't equal Need
Heinz Mc Donalds Disney Apple Nike Tiger Woods Michael Jordan
Ketchup Hamburgers Amusement Park Computers Shoes Golf Basketball
Follow the HERD
What does the following list have in common? Vi Emacs TeX/LaTeX The Electric Pencil Word Star Word Perfect Word
Ignorance is costly
Remember the DeLorean, VW bug, Yugo, Toyota
Eating Out or Learning to Cook
Proprietary Software – Requires a school system to adapt there needs to the functionality and licensing of the software.
FOSS – Allows a school system to adapt software to its unique needs: software and hardware upgrade cycles, variety of course offers, opportunities to collaborate with institutes of higher learning.
You have the choice to do either or based on the need
Remember Gulliver
There is strength in numbers
Open Source becomes more viable one application at a time
Time Horizons affect persective
Student Parent Teacher Principal District Staff IT Staff Board Member
13 years 13 years Tenured At Will Employee At Will Employee At Will Employee Until next election
Toehold Applications vs High Cost Alternatives
Open Office Suite GIMP Blender QCAD Scribus Portable Apps Kino
Microsoft Office Suite
Photoshop Adobe Illustrator CAD Microsoft Publisher ? iMovie