[kde-edu]: Interesting project: iTALC

[jos at mijnkamer.nl]

On 8/3/07, Kurt Gramlich <kurt at skolelinux.de> wrote:
> * 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

Thank you! That's a good number. Growing fast?

> Regards/AmicaLinuxement/Saludos/Viele Gruesse!
> Kurt Gramlich
> Projektleitung skolelinux.de