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Subject: Re: Linux as a platform
I agree Simon. And believe it or not Maddog (Hall) and I have had this
discussion several times over the past couple of years. It's
trueresistance is futile.
David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
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ng down a snowy
>hill--small at first, and maybe slow, but if it can get started it will
>pick up velocity and mass until it's futile to try to step in its way.
>
>I see free software rolling in, and proprietary content vendors are going
>to either jump on board or be left behin
On 11 Oct 2006, at 10:20, Andy Trevor wrote:
John RIdge wrote:
Dom:
Agree with all your points.
Cross platform is the key.
I think Linux (Ubuntu) will be the predominant platform in UK
education within 5 years.
I wish it were so. Unless there is a major change in thinking at the
top of educa
On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 23:02 +0100, John RIdge wrote:
> Dom:
> Agree with all your points.
>
> > Cross platform is the key.
> I think Linux (Ubuntu) will be the predominant platform in UK education
> within 5 years.
>
> Moodle is the main reason for my optimism.
> It is rapidly becoming the VLE f
John RIdge wrote:
> Dom:
> Agree with all your points.
>
>> Cross platform is the key.
> I think Linux (Ubuntu) will be the predominant platform in UK
> education within 5 years.
>
I wish it were so. Unless there is a major change in thinking at the
top of education I feel that this will not hap
Cross-posting to edubuntu-users, this thread would probably be better suited
for their purposes.
>
> But, not only do we need apps, but also the material to teach the apps to
> the children.
>
> eg. we have OpenICDL, but that is for adults, what we need is an OpenICDL
> for children, possibly on
Hi Andy, All,
I agree.
But, not only do we need apps, but also the material to teach the apps to the
children.
eg. we have OpenICDL, but that is for adults, what we need is an OpenICDL for
children, possibly one for junior school and one for high school.
Here is the OpenICDL material
http:
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Sent: Tue 10/10/2006 3:39 PM
To: edubuntu-devel
Subject: Re: Linux as a platform
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>Hi Simon,
> I think your right about strength in numbers.
>
>I ask the question as something of a temperature take on how the
>community views Edubuntu going forward.
>
>I think there are significant areas/issues that Edubuntu does not
>address, that no FLOSS proje
Dom:
Agree with all your points.
> Cross platform is the key.
I think Linux (Ubuntu) will be the predominant platform in UK education
within 5 years.
Moodle is the main reason for my optimism.
It is rapidly becoming the VLE for FE and HE in the UK. (apologies for
acronyms)
It got there from the
On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 20:39 +0100, Andy Trevor wrote:
> Dom,
>
> lets go back to your original question.
>
> "establishing Linux as a superior platform to deliver IT to education"
>
> Currently Linux is an inferior platform to deliver IT in UK education.
I don't think it is at a yes or no stage,
Dom,
lets go back to your original question.
"establishing Linux as a superior platform to deliver IT to education"
Currently Linux is an inferior platform to deliver IT in UK education.
A bold statement from someone who makes a living from deploying Linux
for UK education. Let me expand.
It
Hi Simon,
I think your right about strength in numbers.
I ask the question as something of a temperature take on how the
community views Edubuntu going forward.
I think there are significant areas/issues that Edubuntu does not
address, that no FLOSS project, Linux project or (UK perhaps
Well, speaking for my perception of the entire Ubuntu project in general I'd
say both, and that they're really not all that different.
FLOSS's strength is in numbers, so the wider it spreads the more superior of a
platform it can be.
The spread of FLOSS is greatly influenced by its quality, t
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