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On Tuesday 19 June 2007 11:19, james kilty wrote: > Dear all > > Some of you have some expertise in programmes for artists. Would anyone > of you be prepared to lead a meeting at Falmouth Art College. I have > started the ball rolling with a friend who is a member of the teaching > staff there. I quote most of his reply. Maybe from small beginnings??? > I cant make it to falmouth but if anyone can give them a quick show of Blender I'm sure they'd love that! Tom te tom te tom > "Secondly we are in the grip of the very same MS (Wintel) you revile; > those of us with other ideas rarely meet to talk - your intervention has > at least provoked that. > Thirdly for some, the solution is an affectation for the Apple product; > less virused, more lovely (oh such whites and greys), more intuited > interfaces in easytorun OS environments. > > SO > taking the linux route may not seem to have great benefits - > BUT there ARE those of us who: > > want to get off our locked down network PCs > aren't afraid of the command line > recognise that most work is done within the application > believe in open source and its value to the higher education community > > and would welcome an opportunity to talk this through. > > I'm suggesting that you may be best to talk to a broader audience in > September/October. > > Meanwhile why don't you come along to a talk I'm giving of some > tangential interest on sustainability and open source CMS on July 3rd, > 13.30-15.00. > Were you to come lunchtime we could chat then in the 'salon' you could > see the nature of some of your audience perhaps. > > I'll send you a link to the session next week; it'll be part of this > series > http://www.ires.org.uk/news.htm"; > > james kilty > http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk > out of action as demon homepages have been down after their transfer to > another server -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html