[kde-edu]: Interesting project: iTALC

[Kurt Gramlich]

* jos at mijnkamer.nl <jos at mijnkamer.nl> [070803 05:49]:

> On 8/2/07, RalfGesellensetter <rgx at gmx.de> wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch 01 August 2007 18:29 schrieb Jos Poortvliet:
> > > Hmmm, I had to look a long time to find ANY reference to linux. This
> > > might not be the best project to advertise KDE with, it doesn't use
> > > nor depend on KDE, and does only mention it when talking about KDM
> > > configuration...
> >
> > Dear Jos,
> >
> > I know the author of iTalc (and LMMS) for two years now, and also iTalc.
> > It was developed under Qt3, mainly for KDE, in the first place. Only
> > recently, with Qt4, the software could be ported to other platforms.
> >
> > Tobias (the author) knows the benefits of the GPL, but his marketing
> > (and earnings) might focus on non-linux settings (unfortunateley still
> > the majority in schools).
> >
> > iTalc is next to perfect, and also used with many Skolelinux/Debian-Edu
> > KDE desktops in Germany.
> 
> I stand corrected ;-)
> And I have a question.
> We (kde marketing ppl) are looking for numbers. How much KDE is out
> there... I'll reply here with the marketinglist as cc, see if they're
> interested. Maybe trying to figure out a good guess of how many
> Skolelinux desktops are out there. On their site is a list of 151
> registered schools using it, interesting, but how many did not
> register?

we estimate about 500 schools in the world are using skolelinux

Regards/AmicaLinuxement/Saludos/Viele Gruesse!
Kurt Gramlich
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