Hello Evan, I'll file an issue in two days and you'll be given further instructions then.
Regards, Charles. > Hi again > > My OpenOffice.org username is: evbuk > The desired domain name (ISO code) is: gd > > To answer Pavel's question, the UK Government runs a scheme called the > National Grid for Learning (NGfL) (http://www.ngfl.gov.uk). In Scotland, > this is administered by our devolved government, the Scottish Executive. > The National Grid for Learning is a country-wide initiative to provide > information technology infrastructure and educational content in schools and > educational establishments. The scheme was launched in 1998 and funding > originates from the Department for Education and Skills. In Scotland, the > NGfL scheme is run by Learning and Teaching Scotland > (http://www.ltscotland.org.uk) on behalf of the Scottish Executive. A > conference of Scottish Gaelic teachers and educators some time ago > identified a need for a Gaelic word processor that could be used by children > studying in Gaelic-medium and Gaelic-teaching schools in Scotland. This was > then raised as a project under the NGfL initiative and the job was put out > for tender. My company, Canan, tendered for the job, but we proposed that, > instead of simply producing a word processor, it would make more sense to > produce an entire office suite, especially since OpenOffice.org provides an > existing, established and localisable basis for such a project. Our tender > was accepted and here we are :-) > > A bit complicated, I know, but that's how the project came about. > > Best wishes > > Evan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pavel Jan�k" > To: > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:51 PM > Subject: Re: [native-lang] Scottish Gaelic Native Language Project > > > > From: "Evan Brown" > > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:50:39 -0000 > > > > Hi Evan, > > > > +1 for your project. Of course ;-) > > > > > The Scottish Gaelic localisation has been funded by the Scottish > > > Executive (http://www.scotland.gov.uk) through an organisation called > > > Learning and > > > > This is very interesting. Can you please tell us more about this? How you > > secured the funding? The initial idea of localization came from you or > from > > the government? > > > > We could re-use your experiences for other languages. > > -- > > Pavel Jan�k > > > > Don't sacrifice clarity for small gains in "efficiency". > > -- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & > Plaugher) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Acc�dez au courrier �lectronique de La Poste : www.laposte.net ; 3615 LAPOSTENET (0,34�/mn) ; t�l : 08 92 68 13 50 (0,34�/mn)
