Re: [seul-edu] Donated Computers Issue (opportunity knocks)

[tom poe <tompoe@renonevada.net>]

Hi:  This is exactly perfect!!!  Stupendous!!!  In the best style of the 
Madison Avenue Marketing Gurus [that's a good thing], if I do say so, myself. 
 I hope this gets a unanimous "send it out" vote.

Once it's on the web site, everyone spread the word to everyone out there.  
Doug??
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Reno, NV
http://www.studioforrecording.org/
http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
http://renotahoe.pm.org/ 




On Tuesday 30 April 2002 19:09, Leon Brooks wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 May 2002 09:24, tom poe wrote:
> > Hi:  Seul.org is a site that encourages teachers, administrators, and
> > parents to visit their site, for reliable, conscientious devotion to
> > educational software and applications and projects like the ISO Project.
> > With that in mind, and a review of the article in today's Register,
> >
> > http://213.40.196.64/content/4/25085.html
> >
> > It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain
> > with the computer for the life of the computer.
> > - --------------------------------
> > This is the first sentence at the web site of the Puyallup School
> > District. M$ is running completely mad on this level.  What this does is
> > set schools in such a defensive mode, they cannot take donated computers
> > from other than "approved resources".  It's simply devastating whatever
> > opportunities for schools to make informed decisions.  I think it is
> > critically important that seul.org think about how best to provide
> > accurate, reliable, informed information on this issue.  Anyone have any
> > thoughts?
>
> Knock, knock, knock... heark, is that the sound of opportunity I hear? (-:
>
> Can we have a short but offocial article from SEUL to distribute to El Reg
> and any other news site you can reach? Something along the lines of:
>
> --------8<----cut-here----8<--------
>
> LINUX ENABLES COMPUTER DONATIONS TO SCHOOLS
>
> $LOCATION, Wednesday: In an official announcement from the SEUL group
> today, $PERSON overturned Microsoft's draconian threats against the
> acceptance of donated computers by schools and other needy organisations.
>
> "Microsoft claim that it is a legal requirement that pre-installed
> operating systems remain with the computer for the life of the computer,"
> $HESHE said. "Like viruses and security issues, that problem is almost
> exclusive to Microsoft. Using Linux, OpenOffice.org and other Open Source
> software, you can accept practically any donated computer regardless of
> operating system, erase the existing software, install Open Source software
> and operate the computer legally and safely as a powerful workstation or a
> server, at little or no cost."
>
> $PERSON also explained that Linux rolled back the burdens, costs and legal
> risks of licence management and software asset auditing for all businesses,
> organisations and individuals. Linux is also easy to operate as a diskless
> workstation or "thin client", and many schools were rolling out networks of
> student terminals using this technology with both donated and new
> equipment, $HESHE explained.
>
> SEUL is an organisation working towards a simpler, easier Linux experience
> for all, and may be contacted through their website at
> http://www.seul.org/. In combination with your local Linux user group -
> which you can locate at http://www.linux.org/ - SEUL can field volunteers
> to help schools and charitable organisations get started in the stable,
> secure, safe world of Linux.
>
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>
> Cheers; Leon