Huh, thought it had already happend but can't find the article anymore.
heres one about the beginning of the process, from early 2000
http://fyi.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/08/france.open.source/
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:11:21PM -0700, Tim Howe wrote:
> That sounds pretty amazing. Where did you learn about this? I would like
> to show my office managers..
>
> Tim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Christopher Maujean
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 12:11 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2470] Re: Thursdays meeting...
> >
> >
> > I think efn could take some lessons from the french
> > government. They have passed
> > a law a few months ago that declares that no governmental or
> > eduational
> > institution can use commercial software of any kind for any reason.
> > Pretty cool.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:54:41AM -0700, Tim Howe wrote:
> > > <my veiw>I think the Linux lab is sort of a test case for
> > EFN to see if they
> > > can get out from under the oppressive yoke of Microsoft. They are a
> > > non-proffit organization and as such need every penny they
> > have. They are
> > > also a free speech oganization I suppose; they help bridge
> > the 'digital
> > > devide'. Free software and free community networks go hand in hand.
> > > Besides, free *nixes rock!</my view>
> > >
> > > I just hope we can overcome the lack of planning and
> > political influences to
> > > get the job done in a decent amount of time. Mad props to
> > Larry for braving
> > > the storm.
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > > > Dennis J. Eberl
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 11:41 AM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2465] Re: Thursdays meeting...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That was a nicely informative, useful reply.
> > > >
> > > > I have no wish to be hit by the drunken bus of progress, but
> > > > aren't your
> > > > plans at EFN a little ambitious if what you are doing is
> > > > trying to attract
> > > > joe public to free *nix as an alternative to Windows? I mean
> > > > who, who is not
> > > > already a member of EUGLUG, is going to even understand
> > > > 1/10th of what you
> > > > are going to show them? The world is full of nervous technophobes.
> > > >
> > > > Hey, now, I am not throwing water on anyone's fire. The more
> > > > the merrier.
> > > > Don't burn the place down, baby, down!
> > > >
> > > > Are you going to deploy a Spanish language box?
> > > >
> > > > Also, might not the meeting after this Thursday be a better
> > > > time to get
> > > > together regarding the wireless modems? They aren't going
> > > > anywhere, and you
> > > > sound very busy. I don't have any time to stand around in a
> > > > crowd this week.
> > > > I'd rather sit down with you over a cup of coffee and show
> > > > you what you have
> > > > to do to make them work. I'd really rather not have to
> > try to get to a
> > > > Thursday evening meeting giving my change over today to a
> > 6 AM to 4 PM
> > > > workday.
> > > >
> > > > Dennis
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > From: larry a price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:02:30 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2460] Re: Thursdays meeting...
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Kent Loobey wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Where is the Thursday night meeting going to be held?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Thanks.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Kent
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > There's two of them, at the present time.
> > > > >
> > > > > One meeting at efn, is focused on doing the necessary prep
> > > > for having a
> > > > > classroom full of linux based public access terminals. so
> > > > far we've got it
> > > > > to the point where we are putting out a mandrake/kde and a
> > > > slackware/gnome
> > > > > box in the classroom, tomorrow night we have plans to
> > > > install OpenBSD on
> > > > > one box and debian on another, in addition we'll be futzing
> > > > around with
> > > > > tomsrtbt as a possible host for clustering and maybe a few
> > > > other things
> > > > > that people will be bringing in. One other thing we might
> > > > think about
> > > > > doing is running snort and analyzing network activity and
> > > > working with
> > > > > patrick to beef up the classroom and office networks.
> > > > > EFN is located at 448 charnelton 1 blk off 5th, next to
> > the jail.
> > > > >
> > > > > mro's 'Rebel Lug' meeting is at mro's in springfield and
> > > > he'll probably
> > > > > post his info to the list. It sounds like it's pretty
> > > > hopping and i know
> > > > > that it's the place for video hardware troubleshooting and
> > > > fast network
> > > > > connections.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
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