mandag 25. april 2005, 10:36, skrev Jonas Smedegaard: > > On 25-04-2005 09:02, Gjermund Skogstad wrote: > > sÃndag 24. april 2005, 16:55, skrev Finn-Arne Johansen: > >>Well, I dont reject Skolelinux because of KDE, but I've talked to > >>others. And My point is that we should not depends upon KDE, I'm not > >>even sure it's wise to depend upon "KDE or GNOME", but that's another > >>(although similar) issue. > > > > True, and in theory I'm all in favour of what you're saying. But I must > > press "in theory". > > The reason for this is the same as the one I used in vain when fighting > > (and loosing) the issue of whether Skolelinux should become debian-edu. > > I'm not about to raise this issue again, that issue is fought and is now > > history and the batlle is definitely lost. There is however a simple > > truth within this old history of a lost battle (and please take note): > > You can't fit the world on a CD, It won't even fit on a DVD. (I know this > > because I've tried!) > > Do you refer to the choice of name for the organisation or something else? > The mandate of Skolelinux was changed from something like "making a GNU/Linux based solution for Norwegian public schools" into something like "making a GNU/Linux based solution for all the worlds schools which complies with the Debian Social Contract".
Add to this the tension created by Norwegian school-authorities being eager to base certain key services[1] on technology where OSS still is lagging behind, and it becomes more interesting than confortable. (At least for us Norwegians.) This conflict of interest can't continue for very long, and I hope we'll find an alternative solution to both "unfree-source" and Windows before then. But I'm not betting on it. > I assume it is only a matter of pointing me to the right spot in public > mailinglist archives or published minutes of a physical meeting. I don't > want to discuss it again, just want to understand. > It has been discussed on our mailing-list(s). I can't point you to any specific part of our mail-lists; in part because it's some time ago, and othervise because of me repressing the case from active memory. There's some mentioning of this transition on [EMAIL PROTECTED] in 2002 and 2003. However, as I was part of Skolelinux' bord from summer 2003 to summer 2004, it might have been something debated on the bords mail-list. If the latter proves to be the case then the debate would not be publicly available. [1]: Example on service is "nasjonale prÃver" http://www.utdanningsdirektoratet.no/eway/default0.asp?pid=212&oid=0&e=0&trg=MainPage_4459&MainPage_4459=4475:0:54,3191:1:0:0:4459;::0:0:0 -- regards Gjermund Skogstad (http://www.linuxfolk.net)
