Send Announce mailing list submissions to announce@lists.alug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to announce-request@lists.alug.org.uk You can reach the person managing the list at announce-admin@lists.alug.org.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Announce digest..." --------------.--------------------------------------------.------------ alug-announce | Newsletter of the Anglian Linux User Group | Weekly(ish) --------------'--------------------------------------------'------------ ** Please send articles for this letter to announce@lists.alug.org.uk ** *** Please send replies to main@lists.alug.org.uk, not announce... *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Today's Topics: 1. Web site changes (MJ Ray) 2. Support Free Software with buying books (fwd) (MJ Ray) 3. [ALUG] Re: Schools using open source software (nick daniels) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:58:27 +0000 From: MJ Ray <mjr@dsl.pipex.com> To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk Organization: Very poor Subject: [Alug Announce]Web site changes The web site is at http://www.alug.org.uk/ and now has: # Jobs listing linked to meeting areas # Meeting details for 2004 (Norwich, Syleham, K.Lynn in Jan and Feb. More Norwich entries to come.) # Venue listing: new map and pages for each local area. # Stuman sneakily asking for a job in the contrib area's member's directory # Dave Briggs moves his blog # Visitors from HUDLUG and France sign the visitor book -- 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?

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