[Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Re: [OS:N:] Summing up our discussion so far]]

[Doug Loss <drloss@home.com>]

owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> From: "Drew M. Meeks" <drew@redhat.com>
> To: Doug Loss <drloss@home.com>
> Cc: seul-edu@seul.org, osn <open-source-now-list@redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Re: [OS:N:] Summing up our discussion so far]
>
> Doug Loss wrote:
> >
> > Doug Loss wrote:
> >
> > > owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: "Drew M. Meeks" <drew@redhat.com>
> > > > To: Doug Loss <drloss@home.com>
> > > > Cc: seul-edu@seul.org, osn <open-source-now-list@redhat.com>,
> > > >         pnelson@riverdale.k12.or.us, emily@redhat.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [OS:N:] Summing up our discussion so far
> > > >
> > > > Doug, I think you just stated the mission of Open Source Now quite
> > > > eloquently! Let me take this opportunity to reaffirm Red Hat's
> > > > committment to consolidating all of this wonderful activity that is
> > > > happening all over the web on the OSN web site. I agree wholeheartedly
> > > > with the goal or reducing duplication of effort and support the goal of
> > > > providing easy access to all of the resources and activities that are
> > > > underway across the country and around the world. Be assured, Red Hat is
> > > > in this for the long haul and now that the mission is becoming clear,
> > > > you will see a lot of movement from Open Source Now particularly on the
> > > > web front, but in other arenas as well..
> > > >
> > > > Drew
> > >
> >
> > I'm unclear on what you mean here.  We all thank you and RedHat for your
> > support, of course.  Are you saying that RedHat is planning to consolidate a
> > lot of Linux in education stuff on the OSN website?  If so that's the first
> > I've heard that.  We're seeing this more as a coalition of independent groups,
> > all working toward the same or similar goals, rather than a consolidation and
> > centralization of resources.  It's our plan to invite everyone to participate
> > in the coalition and use existing groups and projects whenever we can, only
> > adding new ones when unaddressed areas become apparent which no existing
> > project is able to take on.  I suspect that's what you're thinking of too, but
> > that isn't completely clear from your message.
>
> Doug, Consolidate might be the wrong word. A primary goal of the OSN web
> site is to facilitate involvement and participation in this effort by
> providing clear and easy access to comprehensive information and
> resources about the groups, projects, schools, and individuals who are
> making this effort happen. This is not a "Red Hat" project, per se, it
> is a community project in the best sense of the word. As you have
> pointed out, there is no comprehensive resource on the web covering the
> activity in this movement. We, too, are hoping to change this.
>
> > I understand the necessities of commercial competition, but is RedHat
> > interested in sharing support of this coalition with other distributions?
> > We're fairly adamant that our educational software be distro-agnostic, capable
> > of running on whatever version the users wish to install.  To that end I've
> > contacted Mandrake, SuSE, Conectiva, Turbolinux, Debian, and Slackware and
> > asked for their support for the coalition too.
>
> As far as I am know, Red Hat is not involved in promoting Linux and open
> source in schools for any other reason than to help bring educational
> opportunity to our children.
> This is not about market share or profits, it is about the fundamental
> fairness and equality of opportunity that open source can bring to our
> schools. Thus, I see no reason why other distributions should not be
> invited to contribute. Well done!
>
> I'm curious. What what would *you* like see from Red Hat in terms of
> support? Is it hardware and bandwith as BMan suggested? Infrastructure
> and tools? Web design and development? Content? Software? Something
> else?
>
> Drew Meeks
> Chief Web Architect
> Red Hat, Inc.




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