RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Thank you Mitel!
I first came into contact with e-smith when CAA (Oxfam Australia) needed volunteers here in NT.au (for the east timor project) I think that was V3.something. I'd like to add my thanks to the voices. -Original Message- From: Peter Samuel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Thank you Mitel! Kirrily Robert What has happened to Skud anyways? Rob. -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Thank you Mitel!
very well said !! ditto Paul Bearne -Original Message- From: Wayne Bollinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 December 2003 07:57 To: Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] Thank you Mitel! Christmas Greetings Everyone, Before this list shuts down, I want to express my gratitude to all of the Mitel employees who have worked so hard over the years to produce a simply amazing product. I am one of the many people who benefit from SME Server, without being able to purchase a ServiceLink subscription. Hopefully this will change someday. For now, in lieu of $, I hope this story will at least give the Mitel folks a warm feeling of job well done. I use SME Server in volunteer mode to support a K-12 school that operates on an extremely tight technology budget. Three years ago the school was in the dark ages, technology-wise. I remember people running up and down the halls, yelling Can I use the phone line now? I need to check email!. There was no network. They shuffled huge stacks of paper. They ran diskettes around to print and share files. I wanted to help, but was afraid the nightmare would only grow worse if a Windows server entered the scene. ;-) As a Linux fan, I discovered references to something called e-smith while searching the internet. Then came e-smith 4.1, installed on a donated 500MHz Celeron PC. I begged the cable company to bury a new cable run for free (they did). A cable modem combined with some Cat5 runs and e-smith began to revolutionize the way the school administration communicated with each other, the staff, and parents. Every year the school has acquired more donated computers through the IBM K-12 matching grants program. We still don't have a computer for every teacher, and we are still using equipment like AST laptops running Windows 95 with 16 Meg of memory - I kid you not. There have been many frustrations and hardware failures along the way, but the one thing I can always count on is e-smith (and our tape drive). e-smith is the glue that holds everything together, and allows us to stretch every dollar to the max for the benefit of the kids. At first I was horrified to read that Mitel was turning the SME Server developer release over to the community. I actually decided that I needed to resign as Technology Coordinator for the school. :) Of course, we have all witnessed a very carefully coordinated, professional handover to contribs.org. I don't know why I expected anything less. (By the way, many thanks to the contribs.org team as well...) To wrap this up: next year the school is moving 500 students from three separate rented buildings (three e-smith installs) into a new building, where everyone can sit together under one roof. Being able to use reliable, affordable technology has been critical in making this a reality. Although there are certain people pushing for a move to a Windows server - parents who have trouble understanding all the services provided by the e-smith platform - the principal knows a good thing when he sees it, and e-smith will continue to form the foundation of our technology program. I wouldn't use anything else. When e-smith goes, I go. THANK YOU Charlie, Gordon, Dan, Rich, Mike, Peter, and everyone else on the team. You guys are a class act. Merry Christmas and God Bless, -Wayne Bollinger -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Thank you Mitel!
On Friday 19 December 2003 18:56, Wayne Bollinger wrote: Christmas Greetings Everyone, Before this list shuts down, I want to express my gratitude to all of the Mitel employees who have worked so hard over the years to produce a simply amazing product. I would also like to add my thanks to the SME team at Mitel, and in particular of going to the effort of doing a proper handover to contribs.org. I know nothing of Mitel's internal structure or politics, but it is not a small company and SME is only a small part of it. It is my assumption (perhaps I'm being too hard on the rest of Mitel here) that the rest of Mitel is not very 'open-source aware' and that Charlie, Dan York, Gordon et al have worked very hard to keep the open-source spirit of SME alive, and I think they have done a great job. I believe that they have all acted well beyond the call of duty, and I honour their efforts and their huge gift to the community. Seasons greetings too all. Rasjid. -- Rasjid Wilcox Canberra, Australia (UTC +10 hrs) http://www.openminddev.net -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Thank you Mitel!
Well said Wayne! And ditto from me as well...we use E-Smith in a K-8 school and love it! Thanks to all! Happy Holidays! David N. Trask Technology Teacher/Coordinator Vassalboro Community School [EMAIL PROTECTED] (207)923-3100 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Thank you Mitel!
I bet there are more people out there that want to show their gratitude towards the 'e-smith' team for their hard work during the last years. contribs.org has set up a temporarily e-mail address where you can send your notes, thoughts, success story and appreciation. All submissions will be kept private and will be send to the 'e-smith' team as a small gift from the community. So please (re)submit your e-mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let's give those guys something to read during the holiday season ;-) tell them about your story here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Hsing-Foo -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Thank you Mitel!
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Wayne Bollinger wrote: THANK YOU Charlie, Gordon, Dan, Rich, Mike, Peter, and everyone else on the team. You guys are a class act. On behalf of those former members of the team, thank you. Even though I'm no longer with Mitel I am extremely proud of the products now known as SME 6.0 and 6000 MAS (the former being the GPL version, the latter the commercial version). Most of the team (past and present) remain unsung heroes. So, a belated but well deserved thank you to everyone who is/was part of the team (technical, financial, managerial, support, sales, marketing, etc). Rebecca Anstett Stephen Beamish Shari Black Michael Brader Charlie Brady Steve Brand Sheila Burpee DuncanAdrian ChungRob Clarke Tony ClaytonDamien Curtain Andre Danis Lijie Deng Mike DicksonYaser Elbatnigi Linda Faust Lisa Graziadei Emily Gregory Geoff Halprin Pelly Heighton Chris Houle Brett JensenJulie Jespersen Micheal Kelly Mark Knox Rich Lafferty Ross Laver Jennifer Laycox Bob Le SueurJenn MacInnis Brian MartinJimena Martinez Heather McCann Maureen McCann Dan McGarry Tim Mcguire Jason MillerErin MinogueMichael Moir Joseph Morrison Kim MorrisonLinda Murphy Holmes Paul Nesbit Alejandro OsorioRoderick Paterson Nelson Pereira David Pipkins Trevor Poole Karl Raffelsieper Kathy Rasmussen Alex Reid Kirrily Robert Eric Robichaud Lynn Rockburn Tyson RoffeyMatthew RoseGordon Rowell Susan SalibaPeter SamuelMichael Schwern Michael Soulier Zac Sprackett Lisa Spreen Chris Stewart Leanne Stinson Steve Viens Jesse Vincent John Whyte Dan York (My most humble and sincere apologies if I've left anyone out). -- Regards Peter -- Peter Samuel[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 613 729 7964 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
