Am 07. Jun, 2006 schwätzte Dazed_75 so: > On 6/7/06, der.hans wrote: >> >> Am 07. Jun, 2006 schwätzte Dazed_75 so: >> >> Has AZStRUT started putting GNU/Linux or at least Free Software >> applications like OpenOffice.org on the boxen? > > > The office I work in has not though I keep suggesting it. However, at least Would it help if we gave them a presentation on the benefits of using Free Software? > one of the schools in the program has started doing so. In fact, I talked > to one of the instructors who told me a student had set up a CD to automate > the whole process. I asked for more info and he was going to get the > student in touch with me. I have not heard back yet but that may be becuase > we are past end of term. I'd love to have him come in and give us a presentation or three! > Interestingly, I saw a number of the boxes from that school this week and > found a mix of linux and win98 on them and Open Office on all. There was a > mix of OO 1.5? and 2.0 but the 1.5 was on a very low end box so maybe it > would not support 2.0. I did not have time to check into it further. Cool that someone's pushing Free Software at the school. >> Do the recyclers actually do a good job cleaning up the waste? > > > I do not actually know but I am told they do. At that same dinner where I > talked to the instructor, I also talked to someone who had visited the > recyclers and he was reasonably impressed. But it was a short conversation > so I really did not get any info. The company is > http://www.westechrecyclers.com/about.html if anyone knows about them. Yup. Bought equipment from them on several occasions. I haven't seen their whole operation, but the location in downtown didn't impress me with being environmentally friendly :(. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ # Join the League of Professional System Administrators! https://LOPSA.org/ # When you are tired of choosing the lesser of two evils, # Vote Cthulhu for President!