Hi Keith, Terry, CF, Avonside Girls High etc and others. I am currently working with the OSTC to look at running a presentation for schools in about three weeks or so. We are hoping to invite IT people and principals, staff etc from schools, give a short speil on what Linux and O/S is and then let them play with a variety of setups so they can see for themselves. We would also like to look at possible migration / intergration strategies and hear of at least one success story ( hint hint hint Keith).
We aren't aiming to turn them all into Linux devotees but the Linux world offers excellent firewalls, terminal servers, desktops, mail and file server systems that would help alleviate the problems of spam, viruses and worms. The only problem is people don't know about it and if the y do they thing it is an all or nothing, ie throw M$ and go Linux only. Would you guys / gals be interested in being part of this and are there other educational institutes out there who would like to come and have a look. My company is sponsoring coffee and muffins, OSTC is providing hardware and site and if the need is big enough we would look at running this several time over. The other outcome to this is a chance for schools and educational institutes to get together and talk about their common IT problems on neutral turf, maybe even start s sub group to support each other and find resources in common. BTW did I mention free coffee and muffins? Looking forward to your reply and hearing from others in the same field who might be interested. Shane