Actually the Oracle version is 10g, not 11i, but that's trivial.
Excellent discussion of FOSS in education, including the discussion of FOSS
in higher ed.
I thought the education presentation from Michael wasn't happening until
the April meeting. Did I misunderstand that?
Tony
--On February 26, 2008 6:38:54 PM -0500 Paul Flint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Josh,
I was sort of responsible to do this... as the slacker you know me to be,
I have been remiss in my duties.
The short answer is that the meeting was indeed a nightmare from hell.
First there were TOYS! The entire signalz conference room was awash in
geek toys, tech porno and fawning techies shamelessly pawing it.
Included in this orgy of technical fecundity was:
- Not one, but TWO OLPCz.
(These were demonstrated as the world most expensive tape measure)
- Not one, but TWO open source MoCo Cell phones.
One of which actually worked in Vermont! (The Mac Maniacs in the crowd
fondled their iPhones proactively).
- One lonely eeepro, which for my money was the Bell of the Ball.
Next, what began as an innocent digression into the world of Open Source
Educational opportunities turned into a spirited discussion on such
diverse yet classic topics as:
- The need to teach Microsoft Word being the equivalent to preaching King
James Bible.
- The lazy, indolent and slovenly ways of line educators who are not at
all interested in change.
- The fun one can have repairing Blackboard running on an instance of
Oracle 11i.
Thankfully, there was someone in the conference room to plug the heck out
of the Vermont Open Source and Education Conference (FOSSVT) which will
be Friday 4, April 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (www.ncose.org). This will take
place at the Lake Morley Inn, Fairlee, VT.
Ok, maybe not that bad. In fact the one thing we lacked (besides pizza)
was a coherent presentation.
Thankfully Michael Fergerson has stepped up to the plate to give just
such a presentation on Linux in Education at Clearbearing Wednesday 19
March 2008 AD (After Debian) at 7:00 PM (Post Mandriva).
If anyone else wants to get down with a copy of OOPreenter or S5, I have
a video projector and I almost know how to use it.
My final two items of advice are
1. watch what you ask for and...
2. we need you at these meetings Josh!
Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Josh Sled wrote:
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:59:46 -0500
From: Josh Sled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Feb meeting followup?
Anyone care to write up a summary of last week's meeting for those of us
unable to attend?
Was anything mentioned/planned regarding the next meeting?
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