[Lias] linux on mac?
Ken Yap
ken at etherboot.org
Mon Feb 16 21:33:01 UTC 2004
>Ben wrote:
>That is exactly what I mean, the high cost of licencing and onerous
>conditions attached have forced or encouraged the software piracy
>issue. In regard to the gimp and blender, are you going to have a
>facility whereby the kids can download the software themselves or would
>you consider just burning a heap of copies?
>
>I've got 10 copies of TheOpenCD (google it) and plonked them into the
>Library. I wanted to give'em away but librarians being who they are
>ran them through their system and lend them out. Works ok. Want to rev
>it up but whos got time?
>
>Nick Oliver
>MultiMedia
>Lake Tuggeranong College
>Canberra
Not sure who wrote what above, but read this article by a scotsman who
has succeeded in placing FOSS media in libraries to understand, among
other things, why librarians (at least ones in public libraries) are
the way they are.
http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/12/14/1545216.shtml
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