Michael Goulde
Michael Goulde
behind continue cost driver savings
Cost savings continue to be the driver behind adoption.
companies open serious strategy wonder
As more open-source companies emerge, ... I think we'll see this strategy more and more. It makes me wonder how serious some of the companies are about open source.
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If I'm a company that is primarily using Windows servers and I haven't been a big user of Unix, for me to bring Linux into my environment would be a significant expense. I'd have to get people trained, develop policies and procedures and processes. It's building a whole new infrastructure, and if I can avoid doing that why wouldn't I? If I can make use of open source applications and get all the advantages of open source and still run on Windows, why not? Then I can still take advantage of all the expertise I have.
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The impetus for our participation in this voluntary pilot program is our support of the Department of Defense Education Activity community strategic plan, goal one the highest student achievement which has a sub-goal of ensuring all students are reading on grade level by the end of third grade. It is our intent to meet that goal as early in a child's life as possible. DIBELS may be an effective tool to assist us in that endeavor.