Are "you" willing to do something about it for the next generation?
A simple petition asking administration to consider including FOSS into their tools posted on the walls at your old school would be a good start. An email petition can be a good start too. Lots can be done.. If .... :) Abdallah On 7/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A sad story indeed. I myself never started using Linux until recently. > I really wish if there was a way (other than self interest) for us to > be exposed to FOSS software during college. > > On Jul 27, 6:34 am, Abdallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Salam Yazan > > > > Nice to see you here. > > > > I will take a stab at this. > > > > Unfortunately the model Tina Gasperson <http://www.gasperson.com/> is > > discussing does not apply to Jordan and other Arab Lugs. Linux has > > perpetuated all corners of American and European IT infrastructures that > > Linux enthusiasts do not need to make a plan to meet each other anymore. > > All IT depts in corporates, governments, and educational institutions > > setups have so many Linux users nowadays. > > > > She mentions that Atlanta, GA lug used to have a 100 person a meeting > back > > in the 95-99 dot bom times. She failed to say that back then that was > > probably all linux users in that area. Nowadays, GA Tech (one > university > > in Atalanta) has so many Linux based labs where so many students are > sharing > > knowledge about Linux without the need for a LUG. > > > > Our region is totally different story (tragedy.) University graduates > in > > ITC are still finishing school without hearing about an alternative to > > Microsoft based products and Platform. The horror stories I hear are > mind > > boggling. > > > > Just last week a "Computer Engineer" I know graduated. His graduation > > project was a VOIP implementation that he did along with 3 other > > students. They rented a Cisco gateway and hooked up to phones to it > and > > dialed each other in front of an amazed judging panel. No pbx > > functionality, no voice mail, no routing ... nothing. Those were > Engineers > > keep in mind. > > > > All 4 of them did not know (did not want to know) about Linux and VOIP > > services that can be ran on it. ALL fore of them did not boot into > > anything other than Windows the entire 5 years of their > schooling. Whose > > fault is that? (Rhetoric question) > > > > I am sure each one of us here know much more stupidly horrifying stories > > than this one. > > > > We, in this region, need a LUG because we can not meet people who share > our > > interest in the wild yet. We have to organize our own safari thus > far. We > > may wish to tell people about our interest in this platform if we like > to > > but that is another discussion for another day. > > > > So.. Yes. I do like to meet other people who share my interests. In the > > case of Linux a LUG is my only venue for now. > > > > Which makes me think how much I miss see you guys.. > > > > How about a social meeting some place nice for good old times sake? :) > > Those who would like to come say yay. > > > > Wassalam Alaikum wr wb all > > > > Abdallah > > > > On 7/26/07, Yazan Jber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >http://www.linux.com/feature/118046 > > >http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41186 > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
