>advertising and/or perhaps donations of linux distributions to public >libraries (such as the Wellington LUG appear to be doing at the moment))
Just had to comment on that one.. Being in the position of looking after four public libraries.. What a bizarre thing to do... It'd be a long shot that Linux would be used if donated to a library. Libraries are part of councils, and councils by nature are slow moving, bureaucratic beasts with ingrained culture. We're lucky in that our OPAC, and library system is technology neutral and we're piloting using Linux on one machine, but a lot of libraries would be tied into a particular client end package for their front end, which would more than likely be M$ based. ie: Donating Linux to a library seems like a very odd thing to do.. On the other hand.. Donating Linux pre-installed on a PC to a school or community group might not be so silly.. But then you need a business partner in the deal to front with reasonable spec PC's. </rant> ###################################################################### The contents of this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Selwyn District Council ######################################################################
