Re: [IAEP] USB based access in Australia

2008-12-13 Thread David Farning
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Sebastian Silva wrote: > 2008/12/11 : >> Con has done quite a lot of work promoting the use of open source software >> here and will be well known to many IT teachers. At least in the state of >> Victoria, the education department has done a bulk purchase of Mi

Re: [IAEP] USB based access in Australia

2008-12-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:58:21AM -0500, Sebastian Silva wrote: >2008/12/11 : >> The high fee private schools have more incentive to move to open >> source, the cost of software per student is quite high, but nearly >> all still prefer to go with

Re: [IAEP] USB based access in Australia

2008-12-13 Thread Donna Benjamin
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 20:50 -0500, Caroline Meeks wrote: > hi Donna and other Aussies, Hey Caroline! :) > Do you know the folks at Cybersource? > http://www.cyber.com.au/press/government_laptop_best_value_solution.html I do know Con quite well - and am long overdue for a catch up with him. Than

Re: [IAEP] USB based access in Australia

2008-12-12 Thread Sebastian Silva
2008/12/11 : > Con has done quite a lot of work promoting the use of open source software > here and will be well known to many IT teachers. At least in the state of > Victoria, the education department has done a bulk purchase of Microsoft > software and software is then seen as effectively fr

Re: [IAEP] USB based access in Australia

2008-12-12 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Caroline Meeks wrote: > hi Donna and other Aussies, > > Do you know the folks at Cybersource? > http://www.cyber.com.au/press/government_laptop_best_value_solution.html > > Here is a good article on it: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22209/53/ > > It looks like

Re: [IAEP] USB based access in Australia

2008-12-11 Thread forster
> hi Donna and other Aussies, > > Do you know the folks at Cybersource? > http://www.cyber.com.au/press/government_laptop_best_value_solution.html > hi Donna and other Aussies, > > Do you know the folks at Cybersource? > http://www.cyber.com.au/press/government_laptop_best_value_solution.html Co

[IAEP] USB based access in Australia

2008-12-11 Thread Caroline Meeks
hi Donna and other Aussies, Do you know the folks at Cybersource? http://www.cyber.com.au/press/government_laptop_best_value_solution.html Here is a good article on it: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22209/53/ It looks like they are working on the idea I was calling School Key when we met in