blog/Why_do_schools_waste_money_on_IT_.html

   1 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
   2           "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
   3 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr">
   4   <head>
   5     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
   6     <title>Petter Reinholdtsen: Why do schools waste money on IT?</title>
   7     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/style.css" />
   8     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/vim.css" />
   9
  10
  11   </head>
  12   <body>
  13     <div class="title">
  14  <h1>
  15      <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/">Petter Reinholdtsen</a>
  16
  17  </h1>
  18
  19 </div>
  20
  21
  22     <div class="entry">
  23       <div class="title">Why do schools waste money on IT?</div>
  24       <div class="date"> 8th July 2012</div>
  25       <div class="body"><p>In the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project, we have realised that one
  26 of the major blockers for the project success is the purchasing skills
  27 in schools and municipalities.  We provide what the happy users of
  28 Debian Edu / Skolelinux say they need and to a lower cost than the
  29 alternatives, and yet so few schools decide to use our solution.  I
  30 was pleased to discover the same observation done by mySociety and Tom
  31 Steinberg in his blog post
  32 "<a href="http://www.mysociety.org/2012/06/19/can-you-recognize-the-million-pound-chair/">Can
  33 you recognize the million pound chair?</a>".  Read it and weep for the
  34 spending of your tax money.</p>
  35
  36 <p>Of course there are other factors involved as well, like our
  37 projects bad marketing skills and the Linux community fragmentation
  38 causing worry with the people on the outside, so we as a project need
  39 to keep working hard to gain users, but it is a up-hill battle when
  40 public decision makers are unable to understand computer system
  41 purchases.</p>
  42 </div>
  43
  44       <div class="tags">Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.</div>
  45
  46
  47     </div>
  48
  49
  50
  51
  52     <div id="sidebar">
  53
  54
  55
  56 <h2>Archive</h2>
  57 <ul>
  58
  59 <li>2013
  60 <ul>
  61
  62 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/01/">January (11)</a></li>
  63
  64 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/02/">February (9)</a></li>
  65
  66 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/03/">March (9)</a></li>
  67
  68 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/04/">April (6)</a></li>
  69
  70 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/05/">May (9)</a></li>
  71
  72 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/06/">June (10)</a></li>
  73
  74 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/07/">July (7)</a></li>
  75
  76 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/08/">August (3)</a></li>
  77
  78 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/09/">September (5)</a></li>
  79
  80 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/10/">October (7)</a></li>
  81
  82 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2013/11/">November (2)</a></li>
  83
  84 </ul></li>
  85
  86 <li>2012
  87 <ul>
  88
  89 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/01/">January (7)</a></li>
  90
  91 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/02/">February (10)</a></li>
  92
  93 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/03/">March (17)</a></li>
  94
  95 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/04/">April (12)</a></li>
  96
  97 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/05/">May (12)</a></li>
  98
  99 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/06/">June (20)</a></li>
 100
 101 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/07/">July (17)</a></li>
 102
 103 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/08/">August (6)</a></li>
 104
 105 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/09/">September (9)</a></li>
 106
 107 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/10/">October (17)</a></li>
 108
 109 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/11/">November (10)</a></li>
 110
 111 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2012/12/">December (7)</a></li>
 112
 113 </ul></li>
 114
 115 <li>2011
 116 <ul>
 117
 118 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/01/">January (16)</a></li>
 119
 120 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/02/">February (6)</a></li>
 121
 122 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/03/">March (6)</a></li>
 123
 124 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/04/">April (7)</a></li>
 125
 126 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/05/">May (3)</a></li>
 127
 128 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/06/">June (2)</a></li>
 129
 130 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/07/">July (7)</a></li>
 131
 132 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/08/">August (6)</a></li>
 133
 134 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/09/">September (4)</a></li>
 135
 136 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/10/">October (2)</a></li>
 137
 138 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/11/">November (3)</a></li>
 139
 140 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2011/12/">December (1)</a></li>
 141
 142 </ul></li>
 143
 144 <li>2010
 145 <ul>
 146
 147 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/01/">January (2)</a></li>
 148
 149 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/02/">February (1)</a></li>
 150
 151 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/03/">March (3)</a></li>
 152
 153 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/04/">April (3)</a></li>
 154
 155 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/05/">May (9)</a></li>
 156
 157 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/06/">June (14)</a></li>
 158
 159 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/07/">July (12)</a></li>
 160
 161 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/08/">August (13)</a></li>
 162
 163 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/09/">September (7)</a></li>
 164
 165 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/10/">October (9)</a></li>
 166
 167 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/11/">November (13)</a></li>
 168
 169 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2010/12/">December (12)</a></li>
 170
 171 </ul></li>
 172
 173 <li>2009
 174 <ul>
 175
 176 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/01/">January (8)</a></li>
 177
 178 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/02/">February (8)</a></li>
 179
 180 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/03/">March (12)</a></li>
 181
 182 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/04/">April (10)</a></li>
 183
 184 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/05/">May (9)</a></li>
 185
 186 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/06/">June (3)</a></li>
 187
 188 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/07/">July (4)</a></li>
 189
 190 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/08/">August (3)</a></li>
 191
 192 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/09/">September (1)</a></li>
 193
 194 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/10/">October (2)</a></li>
 195
 196 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/11/">November (3)</a></li>
 197
 198 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2009/12/">December (3)</a></li>
 199
 200 </ul></li>
 201
 202 <li>2008
 203 <ul>
 204
 205 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2008/11/">November (5)</a></li>
 206
 207 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2008/12/">December (7)</a></li>
 208
 209 </ul></li>
 210
 211 </ul>
 212
 213
 214
 215 <h2>Tags</h2>
 216 <ul>
 217
 218  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/3d-printer">3d-printer (13)</a></li>
 219
 220  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/amiga">amiga (1)</a></li>
 221
 222  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/aros">aros (1)</a></li>
 223
 224  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/bankid">bankid (4)</a></li>
 225
 226  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/bitcoin">bitcoin (7)</a></li>
 227
 228  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/bootsystem">bootsystem (13)</a></li>
 229
 230  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/bsa">bsa (2)</a></li>
 231
 232  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian (90)</a></li>
 233
 234  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu (142)</a></li>
 235
 236  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/digistan">digistan (10)</a></li>
 237
 238  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/docbook">docbook (10)</a></li>
 239
 240  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser">drivstoffpriser (4)</a></li>
 241
 242  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english (225)</a></li>
 243
 244  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fiksgatami">fiksgatami (21)</a></li>
 245
 246  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fildeling">fildeling (12)</a></li>
 247
 248  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/freeculture">freeculture (12)</a></li>
 249
 250  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/freedombox">freedombox (5)</a></li>
 251
 252  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/frikanalen">frikanalen (11)</a></li>
 253
 254  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju (37)</a></li>
 255
 256  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/isenkram">isenkram (7)</a></li>
 257
 258  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/kart">kart (18)</a></li>
 259
 260  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/ldap">ldap (8)</a></li>
 261
 262  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/lenker">lenker (6)</a></li>
 263
 264  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/ltsp">ltsp (1)</a></li>
 265
 266  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/mesh network">mesh network (3)</a></li>
 267
 268  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/multimedia">multimedia (25)</a></li>
 269
 270  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/norsk">norsk (236)</a></li>
 271
 272  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/nuug">nuug (156)</a></li>
 273
 274  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn">offentlig innsyn (8)</a></li>
 275
 276  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/open311">open311 (2)</a></li>
 277
 278  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/opphavsrett">opphavsrett (45)</a></li>
 279
 280  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/personvern">personvern (67)</a></li>
 281
 282  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/raid">raid (1)</a></li>
 283
 284  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/reprap">reprap (11)</a></li>
 285
 286  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/rfid">rfid (2)</a></li>
 287
 288  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/robot">robot (8)</a></li>
 289
 290  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/rss">rss (1)</a></li>
 291
 292  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/ruter">ruter (4)</a></li>
 293
 294  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/scraperwiki">scraperwiki (2)</a></li>
 295
 296  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/sikkerhet">sikkerhet (32)</a></li>
 297
 298  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/sitesummary">sitesummary (4)</a></li>
 299
 300  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/skepsis">skepsis (4)</a></li>
 301
 302  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/standard">standard (43)</a></li>
 303
 304  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/stavekontroll">stavekontroll (3)</a></li>
 305
 306  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/stortinget">stortinget (9)</a></li>
 307
 308  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/surveillance">surveillance (20)</a></li>
 309
 310  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/sysadmin">sysadmin (1)</a></li>
 311
 312  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/valg">valg (8)</a></li>
 313
 314  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/video">video (39)</a></li>
 315
 316  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/vitenskap">vitenskap (4)</a></li>
 317
 318  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/web">web (28)</a></li>
 319
 320 </ul>
 321
 322
 323     </div>
 324     <p style="text-align: right">
 325  Created by <a href="http://steve.org.uk/Software/chronicle">Chronicle v4.6</a>
 326 </p>
 327
 328   </body>
 329 </html>