[ale] Notes from Jun 19th meeting

[Brian Pitts]

Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> I don't know if you were at the meeting, but the application originally 
> being discussed, Printshop comes with thousands of graphics.  Although 
> your suggestion of inkscape might be a better solution then the one 
> you've referenced, it's simply not a solution to the original problem.

Wait, they can't switch because the application provides clipart? Is
this really dire enough to veto a platform switch?

If they already have a license for this software, perhaps the artwork
itself could simply be transferred over to linux. If that won't work,
instead of buying the next version of this software the school district
could buy some clipart. There might be enough good free art out there to
make even that unnecessary. My dad is a public school teacher; one of
his favorite parts of preparing his lessons is finding graphics online
to catch his students' attention. (My mom is also a teacher;
unfortunately she probably couldn't even figure out how to insert the
clipart that comes with Microsoft Word).

-Brian