azstrut -> free software(was Re: Waging War on Business - judo anyone?)

Charlie Bullen plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:19:44 -0700


Hi, Laura Hyde, who works for AZSTRUT, I think the only paid employee, ca=
me to=20
the installfest at GCC and was quite interested in linux in general and L=
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terminal server specifically. They tend to get a lot of substandard boxes=
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that would be quite usable as terminals.

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Charlie

On Wednesday 12 February 2003 03:19 pm, Michelle Lowman wrote:
> I think this is a great idea. Would you like to draft the letter? As
> soon as we have a date and location set, we can send it out. I would
> like to get as many schools and educational organizations involved as
> possible.
>
> --Michelle Lowman
>
> On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 14:11, minddog wrote:
> > As a member of Free Software in Education, I'd like to help out with
> > this.  I think we should write a letter to azstrut organization and s=
peak
> > out on the behalf of the Free Software community to help out.  Anyone
> > else interested?
> >
> > On Wednesday 12 February 2003 14:03, Plug@0x1b.com wrote:
> > >  As members of PLUG this is an opportunity to use our skills - and =
free
> > > an important charity program, and its recipients, of any fear regar=
ding
> > > a BSA Audit.
> > > I am speaking of StRUTS (www.azstrut.org) which redistributes used
> > > computers to schools. These computers likely do not have the proper
> > > papers for any software left on them. And rather than set the schoo=
ls
> > > up for a problem with any BSA Audit, we should replace it with free=
 and
> > > open software and certify the computer as not containing software
> > > encumbered by a BSA Audit. a charity install fest anyone?
> >
> > regards,
> > --
> > --minddog( Adam Ballai )
> >
> > "I try to take it one day at a time, but several of them attack me at
> > once." -mistyflip
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