I don't know if this is helpful, but something people have told me before is that if you can get it started independently (i.e. without administration support/money but with permission), and you subsequently demonstrate success, then you have a more powerful argument for progress than merely an argument, no matter how coherent-- ESPECIALLY if money is involved. <<
Sounds like one of my heroes' mottoes: "do first, ask later!" That was Grace Murray Hopper. This is exactly how I got Linux in my school. I just decided to install it one day and acted all apologetic when they told me I wasn't supposed to do it. By then it had been so entrenched in my CompSci that they couldn't get rid of it! Of course, the powers-that-be had all kinds of arguments against Linux:
(1) "isn't it copyrighted?" no it's copylefted, (2) "isn't it expensive?" no it's FLOSS, (3) "what about tech support?" you're looking a him..... HTH, A. Jorge Garcia http://calcpage.tripod.com Teacher & Professor Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College
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