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>From: Kristofer Coward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 2:59 AM
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>Subject: Re: [admin] CLUE Projects
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>On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 10:33:02PM -0400, bill traynor wrote:
>> Jim, it is my opinion that this is an idea which could potentially
>> take Canada by storm (which is why I posted it :)). What better
>> market for Linux infiltration than rural Canada. Most small
>towns are
>> online in one way or another and given the success of the Linux
>> rollout in Largo, Florida why wouldn't they use a free/OSS
>system such
>> as Linux to run their towns computer systems? Largo did it with 3
>> servers (to
>> start) if I remember correctly. Not to mention the First Nations
>> communities. I've seen job postings for First Nations Network Admins
>> recently and what's the first requirement.....MCSE!
>
>I've occasionally thought that there should be some sort of
>effort to promote Linux to First Nations as a technology that
>agrees more with their traditions (the whole gift culture
>thing). This might also be a good inroad for rural awareness.
Interesting, I just found a link http://knet.on.ca/knetrouter/ to the use of
Linux in First Nations classrooms to hook up a DirecPC link to the internet.
Of interest are the reasons why they switched from a Windows/Wingate
solution to Linux.
Bill
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