Don't know if anybody else is on the seul.org/edu list, but the following
forward is for the benefit of those who might be interested in persuading
the powers that be to try linux.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com
>Just recently, the honors students that did a Linux clustering project last
spring
>were asked by the president and vice-president of the college to give a
>presentation to the Cochise College Board of Directors. This was a very
unique
>event since students do not usually speak at the Governing Board meetings.
The
>presentation was very well received and Linux and Open Source Software were
>mentioned several times. The points emphasized were that Linux, and other
>versions of Unix that run on PCs, were 1) a tremendous success at
universities and
>research centers because they allow mainframe and super-computer
applications
>to be migrated to PCs. 2) They are freely available. (They really liked the
'free'
>part.)
>I posted the link to this web presentation before, but that was before they
gave the
>presentation, so here it is again.
http://math.cochise.cc.az.us/math/cluster
>Even though it is ugly, it's an example of a short but convincing
presentation that
>really 'worked'. We've really gotten a lot of mileage out this clustering
project and I
>would highly recommend that high schools pursue some kind of project like
this. It
>is a little hard work but the pay off is worth it. If you've got some time
over the
>holidays, check it out. Believe me, if we could do it here, any high school
could
>also.
>The presentation lasted about 15 minutes, Mike Milazzo (Robert Benton
couldn't
>make it) just covered the text in bold and answered questions. We printed
the
>front page so they could return to the link if they wanted to read the
'fine print'.
>L. Prevett
>Mathematics Instructor
>Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ, US
>prevettl@cochise.cc.az.us
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