Along somewhat the same line, please check http://www.nylxs.com for some motivations. Regards. balu
On 5/3/08, jonathan d p ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi. > > On May 2, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Rubin Bennett wrote: > > > Nice catch Flint and thanks for sharing! That's an amazing project > > and > > Brazil has been steadily working at implementing FOSS throughout their > > government for several years now (Maddog has been down there a > > number of > > times working with them as posted in his Linux Journal articles). > > > > It's all very cool... I *love* the up to 5 seats per physical PC idea; > > really, how much CPU will a school child need? It's not likely that > > they're compiling big software and need tones of resources. A very > > nice > > way to leverage the incredibly powerful computers we all take so much > > for granted :) Now if we could open up the minds of our local > > legislative and educational folks to the opportunities presented by > > this > > project... > > > > Wow. That is so very cool. What wonderful news. > > When the Game Industry sales exceeded those of Hollywood Box Office > sales, an amazing thing happened: people started paying attention to > the Game Industry. Likewise, I expect that when I casually mention > that 53 Million students in Brazil will be using, and learning, F/OSS > tools with KDE and Debian, my fellow educators might suddenly say, > "What? 53 Million?! students?" And they'll really start to wonder why > they're wasting money on Microsoft Licenses. Then the reality of > Proprietary will smack them in the face and they'll continue to > dismiss F/OSS--- but the seed will grow. There's usually a bellwether > event in every idea's life where the idea moves from the early- > adopter evangelizers, and crosses the line of social acceptance and > understanding. This might not be that event, but it sure bodes well > for such an event in the near future. > > Yay! > > have a day.yad > jdpf >
