Friends in Unexpected Places
So, I had a very pleasant surpirse recently. I had to speak to my schools IT admin, about some unimportant (in the scope of this blog) issue. I found that he used ubuntu on one of the computers in his office, but more importantly, was on the local Linux and free software mailing lists and, as a result of this mailing list post, has actually read my blog (so hi if you’re reading :D) and has seen the stuff I’ve been putting together on adfa.co.nr
So, I have since e-mailed him, and it turns out some of the things I want to see happening at school (a few demonstartion gnu machines) are already being worked on. He seems quite pleased with what I am trying to do, and seems supportive, which is a great bonus for the group. If he manages to install the machines as planned, ADFA should be able to kick in right after the exams.
Yay!
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Guido:
Hello,
I am glad to read that Free Software in education is making progress. I wish you all the best!
Guido
20 May 2008, 8:03 pmTim Dobson:
That’s really annoyingly good news for you!
anyway, talk friendlily to him, it’s possible we could offer him some training or something…
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23 May 2008, 10:09 pmwell done.
next step is the MFS mailing list
I dunno…
(for the record I go to somewhere with an entire windows shop
Anonymous:
He is on the MFS mailing, in fact, he describes his experiences in this post to the list: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/fsuk-manchester/2007-12/msg00021.html
23 May 2008, 10:13 pm