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Kai wrote: >I warrant these people aren't linux experts. Probably not ... but then IMO there is no such thing as an expert you just have more or less of experience (this goes for any subject matter not just linux). People call me an expert because they dont understand how little I know, so they assume I am an expert. The point (i think) is that this company is prepared to go and sell linux ( what ever their motivation ) thus raising the profile of linux / OSS as an alternative. One would hope however that LUG's across the country are at least putting out feelers to schools in their area, to ensure that they are getting a proper (balanced ?) perspective on what OSS can and can not do for them. One would hope that schools would not just sign on the dotted line ( like they did / (still do ?) with Microsoft products). >I pray they show linux in a light it deserves, instead of using Linux as a means of selling their servers. Me too ! In the mean time I am also perpared to help and advise any "local" school who is willing to listen. Sadly, I suspect that the schools that approach open source communtities about OSS alternatives are the ones that are less likely to just sign the dotted line, while the schools that need good balanced advice are more likely to sign up without too may questions (what ever they sign up for). We (the open source community) need to address this issue head on. I noticed that LXF have now started a small column in the back of their mag (after the lug lists) about advocacy (and specificly school advocacy). IMO the only way to get schools online with linux is to go out into the community and put them online. If we dont do it ourselves then the "man with a van" (or should that be server box) will come and do it for us, at cost + premium. Do we have the right to complain if he does ? Im not even sure that the quality of what I am intending to do for schools in the Torbay area is any better, however I do know what I am charging, and can sleep at night knowing I am contributing back (some of what I have taken) to the OSS community in my own small way. Tom. Information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is the intended solely for the person ( or persons) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender, and please delete the message from your system immediately. The views in this message are personal, they are not necessarily those of Torbay Council. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.