Or you could get the companies to give you these things for nothing, as DunLUG has, checkout whats in our library at http://dunedin.lug.net.nz/library.html most of this stuff has been donated by the companies that produce it. (oh and what you won't see here is the LJ issues :>)
:D On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 14:11, Chris Hellyar wrote: > Arrrr, now that is a sensible thing to do.. > > I'll be buggered if I can figure out why the Linux journal is $20... (I > think it's that one that is too much money..) > > Cheers, Chris Hellyar. > > Selwyn District Council > Phones: X 831 (03)324 5831 (021) 350 603 > <This message has not been inspected by the Chief Censors office> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 2 November 2001 13:58 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: CLUG Meeting Notes 30th October 2001 > > > Just another thought..................... > > How about a financial inducement for a library to subscribe to some of > the Linux magazines which are available at considerable cost to the > person in the street? They would then be available to all. > > Barry > ------------------- > Chris Hellyar wrote: > > > > >advertising and/or perhaps donations of linux distributions to public > > >libraries (such as the Wellington LUG appear to be doing at the moment)) > > > > Just had to comment on that one.. Being in the position of looking after > > four public libraries.. > > > > What a bizarre thing to do... It'd be a long shot that Linux would be > used > > if donated to a library. Libraries are part of councils, and councils by > > nature are slow moving, bureaucratic beasts with ingrained culture. > > > > We're lucky in that our OPAC, and library system is technology neutral and > > we're piloting using Linux on one machine, but a lot of libraries would be > > tied into a particular client end package for their front end, which would > > more than likely be M$ 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 > > ###################################################################### > > ###################################################################### > 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 > ######################################################################
