Ummmmm, Sorry if I offended you (or anyone else) with my response, but I think it's a fair representation of the reality for most local council managed libraries in NZ.
I didn't say I didn't see the benefit, I said that I don't think you'd get the libraries to take it up... There is a lot of work going into 'digital' and online initiatives for NZ libraries, some of which has a distinct FOSS flavour. The National library is hoisting a FOSS based "Peoples network" for free public Internet access in all libraries, and there are various 'strategy' documents that have come out of central government and TePuna (National Library) in the last couple of years. But, the reality for smaller council owned libraries is that they have difficulty with funding and staffing, and would be quite pressed to provide anything but floor space to a Linux Distro service. Cheers, Me. On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 08:22 +1200, goldedge wrote: > Hi Chris I don't want to debate this, if others can not see the > advantages from a Linux Educational FOSS promotional point of view > that is fine. > > Opinion not related to the quoted text above. > It's no wonder that this country is in the process of decline. > > I will now unsubscribe and not be missed at all.
