[NTLUG:Discuss] Venturing into new horizons

[Brian]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 02:57:00PM +0530, Vaidya, Harshal (Cognizant) wrote:
> However I think its time now to get involved into some serious business. I
> have downloaded a new distribution, that is , BlueLinux. This distribution
> is specially made for helping the schools. The BlueLinux guys have started a
> new project that is the BlueLinux translation project. This projects aims at
> providing Internationalization to BlueLinux. 
> 
> I have decided to get involved in this project proactively. I wish to
> internationalize BlueLinux for my native language Marathi and National
> Language Hindi.

Do you mean from a developer standpoint, or advocacy standpoint?  If the latter,
then be prepared for an unwelcome reception (at least in this country) from school
administrators who know nothing but the FUD Microsoft force-feeds them.  I speak
from experience:  The only implementation of Linux in schools I've helped with that
was successful was at a Dallas high school, and that was partly because we simply
didn't tell DISD what we were doing. 

I'm not trying to discourage you from what you're doing.  But the greatest change
will have to come from within...as a high-school technology teacher, that's what
I'm trying to do, bring open-source/free software into the school I teach at one
small step at a time.  Get to know some teachers; don't waste time with the
administrator.

Don't know if that was the type of advice you were looking for...

  --Brian
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