>>advertising and/or perhaps donations of linux distributions to >>public libraries (such as the Wellington LUG appear to be doing >>at the moment)) > >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.
Chris, not for libraries to use on their own systems, but to put on their shelves for borrowers to take home, install, and return the disks by the due date. This would require a purely free distro (no proprietary pkgs). If I could pick up the latest disks from the local library, install them overnight, and bring them back for the next borrower, I would have switched to linux much sooner than I did. This is especially true for people who don't have the bandwidth to download the ISOs. My $0.02 Yuri This message may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender or Natural Gas Corporation immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Natural Gas Corporation of New Zealand Ltd (NGC), On energy, or any of NGC's subsidiaries or related companies.
