On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 13:26 -0400, Karlie Robinson wrote: > The information I read on the Edu page talks about vocational training > for students. > The mailing list is different from the wiki page which is why I gave them both to you. Read the list archives for other ongoing discussions before jumping into conclusions. > What I'm talking about is a no-holds-bared *marketing* assault on the > installed computer base in schools. > > I'm not talking about teaching a few-thousand like-minded students how > to run Fedora so they can land a job as an Enterprise Admin. > > I'm talking about convincing Schools to spend their Computer/Technology > budget rolling out Linux, so a few Million kids can enjoy the freedom > OSS brings. > > By actively searching out people who have the authority (common term > "decision maker") to say to their board... "By going Linux, we will save > thousands of dollars on software. That money can then be used for [fill > in the blank]." > > When it comes down to it, it's not about jobs operating Red Hat. My > idea was about getting Fedora on Millions of class room PC's. > > Think beyond enterprise servers for a moment and see what millions of > little kids using Fedora/Linux means to the big picture and to the RH > bottom line in years to come. > > If my marketing ideas aren't helpful to you here, I won't waste any more > of your time. > > ~Karlie Again, read the list archives. This is already being discussed there. Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
