Hi again My OpenOffice.org username is: evbuk The desired domain name (ISO code) is: gd
To answer Pavel's question, the UK Government runs a scheme called the National Grid for Learning (NGfL) (http://www.ngfl.gov.uk). In Scotland, this is administered by our devolved government, the Scottish Executive. The National Grid for Learning is a country-wide initiative to provide information technology infrastructure and educational content in schools and educational establishments. The scheme was launched in 1998 and funding originates from the Department for Education and Skills. In Scotland, the NGfL scheme is run by Learning and Teaching Scotland (http://www.ltscotland.org.uk) on behalf of the Scottish Executive. A conference of Scottish Gaelic teachers and educators some time ago identified a need for a Gaelic word processor that could be used by children studying in Gaelic-medium and Gaelic-teaching schools in Scotland. This was then raised as a project under the NGfL initiative and the job was put out for tender. My company, Canan, tendered for the job, but we proposed that, instead of simply producing a word processor, it would make more sense to produce an entire office suite, especially since OpenOffice.org provides an existing, established and localisable basis for such a project. Our tender was accepted and here we are :-) A bit complicated, I know, but that's how the project came about. Best wishes Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pavel Janík" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [native-lang] Scottish Gaelic Native Language Project > From: "Evan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:50:39 -0000 > > Hi Evan, > > +1 for your project. Of course ;-) > > > The Scottish Gaelic localisation has been funded by the Scottish > > Executive (http://www.scotland.gov.uk) through an organisation called > > Learning and > > This is very interesting. Can you please tell us more about this? How you > secured the funding? The initial idea of localization came from you or from > the government? > > We could re-use your experiences for other languages. > -- > Pavel Janík > > Don't sacrifice clarity for small gains in "efficiency". > -- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
