"So hard to get yet so easy to spend". Hey you guys just a reminder that we have a balance in the kitty at the moment of a great whopping (not) $41.75 !
Nick E :-) On Friday 02 November 2001 00:58, Barry wrote: > Just another thought..................... > > How about a financial inducement for a library to subscribe to some of > the Linux magazines which are available at considerable cost to the > person in the street? They would then be available to all. > > Barry > ------------------- > > Chris Hellyar wrote: > > >advertising and/or perhaps donations of linux distributions to public > > >libraries (such as the Wellington LUG appear to be doing at the moment)) > > > > Just had to comment on that one.. Being in the position of looking after > > four public libraries.. > > > > What a bizarre thing to do... It'd be a long shot that Linux would be > > used if donated to a library. Libraries are part of councils, and > > councils by nature are slow moving, bureaucratic beasts with ingrained > > culture. > > > > We're lucky in that our OPAC, and library system is technology neutral > > and we're piloting using Linux on one machine, but a lot of libraries > > would be tied into a particular client end package for their front end, > > which would more than likely be M$ 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 > > ######################################################################
