[ALUG] Announce digest, Vol 2 #29 - 3 msgs

-- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:12:40 +0000 From: MJ Ray mjr@dsl.pipex.com To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk Organization: Very poor Subject: [Alug Announce]Support Free Software with buying books (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2003-12-17 11:20:50 +0000 From: Thorsten Ehlers thorsten@freiheit.com Subject: Support Free Software with buying books Hi, a little more than a month ago we have launched our very own online-bookshop Bookzilla.de as a partner of Libri.de (a books distributor). The system runs on machines with Debian GNU/Linux. We receive a commission of 5% on every article, which we donate 100% to the Free Software Foundation Europe http://www.fsfeurope.org/. So if you are planning to buy some books, CDs or DVDs, you may want to consider doing so at http://www.bookzilla.de/. Best regards, Stefan Richter and Thorsten Ehlers on behalf of the Bookzilla.de-team --__--__-- Message: 3 From: nick daniels nick@danielsn.freeserve.co.uk To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:10:16 +0000 Subject: [Alug Announce][ALUG] Re: Schools using open source software Hi I received this email from Herts LUG and thought it worth posting I have asked permission If i could foward it and was told , foward away Regards Nick Daniels On Wednesday 17 December 2003 15:44, tony.tibbenham@sonoco.com wrote: > All, > > Given the enthusiasm in LUG's for getting Linux into schools I thought the > attached message was worth broadcasting. Please respond directly to Jon > Hunt > > (forwarded with the permission of Jon Hunt. Originally received via MK LUG > mailing list) > > -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Jonathon Hunt jon.hunt@becta.org.uk > Subject: Schools using open source software > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:47:24 +0000 > > Dear sir/madam, > > My name is Jon Hunt and I work for Becta's Independent Procurement > Advisory Service (Ipas). We are currently conducting a number of total > cost of ownership studies of ICT in educational institutions, and are > keen to extend these to include schools using open source software. > > I am currently pulling together a list of schools in England that are > using open source software, based on desk research, using sources such > as http://www.schoolforge.org.uk, http://casestudy.seul.org and the > suse-linux-uk-schools list archives. > > I would be interested to hear of any particularly notable case studies > you know about? I would be very grateful for any information or advice > you could provide. > > Becta, the British Educational Communications & Technology Agency, is > the Government's lead agency for ICT in education. > > Many thanks, > > Jon Hunt > IPAS - Independent Procurement Advisory Service, Becta > Tel: +44 (0)24 7684 7190 > http://ipas.ngfl.gov.uk http://www.becta.org.uk > > -- My thoughts -- > This is a chance to get education advisors to recognise the benefits of > Linux. Becta's web site includes such gems as "Microsoft Licencing > Negotiations" which is interesting reading. > > So, a chance for all those schools and colleges who have used GNU/Linux to > detail the benefits they have received and answer the question "is Linux > cheaper for education". > > If nothing else offering real competition may encourage existing suppliers > to keep their licencing fees low. > > Anyone got some good stories to tell? _______________________________________________ main@lists.alug.org.uk http://www.alug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@lists.alug.org.uk http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce End of Announce Digest