Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-22 Thread Nik Butler
Tony Arnold wrote: > >> should learn what is out there in industry, which is a valid point, >> but the value of open source is just as important. >> > > The problem with this argument, is that the world stays with M$ forever > Actually I was sitting there and thinking about that as well.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-22 Thread Tony Arnold
Matthew, Matthew Saunders wrote: > The College I work at is quite near Carolines (Essex). We have > started embracing open source as much as we can because the money > isn't there to fund all this proprietary software. I am deploying > Linux as far as I can and I am succeeding with servers and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-22 Thread Tony Arnold
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > On 16/09/06, ana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We had a college IT teacher in the >> hacklab once, he explained that even if he wants to teach some free >> software he can't, they are locked in a contract with microsoft by which >> they can not install any other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-21 Thread Matthew Saunders
> I think this is a major different between higher education and further > education colleges. My college is a deprived area of south east London > and has all new, shiny equipment. I'm guessing they got grants etc for > it all and the suppliers have photos for marketing purposes. > > Also the qual

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-21 Thread Caroline Ford
On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 13:11 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > On 16/09/06, ana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We had a college IT teacher in the > > hacklab once, he explained that even if he wants to teach some free > > software he can't, they are locked in a contract with microsoft by whi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-21 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 9/21/06, Alan Helmore-Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> We had a college IT teacher in the > >> hacklab once, he explained that even if he wants to teach some free > >> software he can't, they are locked in a contract with microsoft by which > >> they can not install any other software on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-21 Thread Alan Helmore-Simpson
>> We had a college IT teacher in the >> hacklab once, he explained that even if he wants to teach some free >> software he can't, they are locked in a contract with microsoft by which >> they can not install any other software on the machines. > > Is that legal? I would have thought it was anti-co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-21 Thread stude . list+ubuntuuk
Hi On 16/09/06, ana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We had a college IT teacher in the > hacklab once, he explained that even if he wants to teach some free > software he can't, they are locked in a contract with microsoft by which > they can not install any other software on the machines. Is that l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-20 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 19/09/06, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm tempted to do a linux course after my CCNA but I'm not sure the Cisco > one is the best out there. > Caroline, There's a good course on the IBM developer works site. You need a free registration to look at the tutorials, there's a list h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-19 Thread Caroline Ford
On 18/09/06, ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com> wrote: >ana wrote:>> hi Caroline Ford wrote:>>> (College has horribly locked down XP boxes and a fairly fascist web>>> filter..)>>> Yes. It is not the teachers's fault. We had a college IT teacher in the >> hacklab once, he explained that even

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-18 Thread ac
ana wrote: > hi > > Caroline Ford wrote: >> (College has horribly locked down XP boxes and a fairly fascist web >> filter..) >> > > Yes. It is not the teachers's fault. We had a college IT teacher in the > hacklab once, he explained that even if he wants to teach some free > software he can't,

[ubuntu-uk] ubunto in college, was Re: Women, LinuxWorld, Stuff

2006-09-16 Thread ana
hi Caroline Ford wrote: > (College has horribly locked down XP boxes and a fairly fascist web > filter..) > Yes. It is not the teachers's fault. We had a college IT teacher in the hacklab once, he explained that even if he wants to teach some free software he can't, they are locked in a contra