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MACE Questionaire:

Position, district size, etc.

Are you familiar with the term open-source?
Do you currently use open-source desktop applications? (OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird)
Do you currently use computers with an open-source OS (Linux)?
Do you currently use open-source web-based applications (Moodle, etc...)

Do you know someone who uses an open-source operating system (like Linux) regularly.

Real-worldliness
Students need to be familiar with the applications in use in business today.
Computer applications will be vastly different in 5 years.
Students learn less using non-mainstream applications.
Students and parents expect us to teach mainstream applications.

Security and maintainence
Open-source software is more difficult to install.
Open-source software is more difficult for teachers who are not professionals to install.
Open-source software is more prone to hacking or viruses.
It costs more to hire someone skilled in open-source software administration.
Open-source software changes too rapidly.
Open-source software would require us to update our computer hardware.
Software license management is a concern in our district.

Interoperability
Open-source software does not open existing files we have.
Our students and staff need to export file formats that open-source software does not support.
Open-source software requires running on an open-source OS.
Open-source software works better on an open-source OS.

Textbooks
We have textbooks that focus on specific paid software.
Textbooks for open-source software are difficult to obtain.
Textbooks for open-source software are inferior.
Textbooks for open-source software are more costly.

Piracy
Students have pirated versions of software that we use at school.
Staff at your school use pirated versions of software that we use at school.

Education oriented
We use specifically education-oriented desktop software.
Open-source software is less education-oriented

Teacher revolt
Teachers would be upset if they did not have the ability to run their own software.

Wiki lockouts

Multi-user wiki file separation

Things to fix:

NWiki versus regular wiki
Moving week-based to short-weeks
Multi-user wiki
Preference sorter