[school-discuss] Iraq LUG to open center, seeking donations

[TJ Miller <tjmiller@datc.tec.ut.us>]

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4530392231.html has all the details, 
but here's the gist of it:

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Today in Baghdad, up-to-date PC hardware and software is readily 
available say organizers of the program, but computer books are 
difficult to obtain. The Freedom Technology Center and bookcrossing.com 
members have teamed up to host an event at the end of this month that 
will ship computer books to Iraq's Baghdad Linux Center.

Donations of good computer books to help foster Linux and software 
education in Iraq are currently being accepted at the new Mountain View, 
CA-based Freedom Technology Center, a new non-profit IT training 
facility. The center will be hosting a fundraiser and drive for books on 
Friday, March 26 from 9 AM PST through midnight.

One restriction on donations to Iraq includes the US export ban on 
cryptographic software. Because most current OS distributions contain 
some cryptographic software, distributions and CDs included in some 
texts will not be permitted.
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Send 'em if you got 'em...

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TJ Miller jr
OS/Network Eng. Instructor
http://www.datc.tec.ut.us