Re: [seul-edu] Announcing the Tux Typing 0.9 Release

["Fyoozen" <peharp@ix.netcom.com>]

Harry and Doug,

Thank you kindly for your support. I am sure that as more folks examine the
work it will improve and solidify into a powerful tool in the fight against
crappy IT education. You just gotta love Linux! As Billy says, "It's all
good!"

----- Original Message -----
From: Harry McGregor <micros@azstarnet.com>
To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Announcing the Tux Typing 0.9 Release


> Right now I really don't have much time available to work on this project
> with Doug (intentions were good, time just ran away...).  If you are
> willing to start working on this, I will help in any way possible.  I can
> furnish examples of Linux in the desktop in public k-5 education.  I can
> also get you the ability to interview administrators involved in the
> project, etc.  Please keep in touch on this, and I am sure we can get a
> rather well finished document together before Linux World San Fran, that
> we can have available at the SEUL/edu & OSEF.org booth in the .org
> provilian (I will be helping to man the SEUL/edu booth, in exchange for
> colocating the OSEF booth, as it does not really make sense for us to have
> two booths at the confernce).
>
> You can email me off list at hmcgrego@osef.org
>
> Harry
>
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Fyoozen wrote:
>
> > Doug and Harry,
> >
> > I certainly don't wish to step on anyone's toes. This just looked like a
> > terrific forum for what I was doing. Since I was going to do it anyway,
I
> > figured why not share? Besides, Linux has done a lot for me - socially,
> > professionally, and recreationally. Besides, we all pay taxes and I want
> > mine going to improve education, not making corporate America richer. I
> > thank you for your encouragement and as this thing materializes into a
> > paper. I look forward to getting it hammered. I fight FUD fairly well,
but
> > do not intend to address that in the paper. Perhaps as a sidebar, it can
be
> > added later. I seem to be able to hold my own fairly well against other
> > proprietary OS's from Redmond and hope to continue to do so. I got Linux
> > into two technical schools and there is always room for more!
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Douglas Loss <dloss@suscom.net>
> > To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 7:24 PM
> > Subject: RE: [seul-edu] Announcing the Tux Typing 0.9 Release
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Phillip Harp wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Since my paper is basically a "Why Linux in Education?" paper,
> > > > as well as a
> > > > "Here's how you do it!", I was pointed here by Karl and Roger.
> > > > I have been
> > > > soaking up ideas and topics to add to the final outline.
> > > >
> > > Since you've been talking to Karl, you probably know about some
> > > of the initiatives we've tried to start.  One of them is to
> > > develop a "Why Linux in Education?" document.  Harry McGregor
> > > and I were delegated to do this, but so far we haven't really
> > > gotten well started.  I'd love to see your paper fill that role,
> > > since I doubt that Harry and I will get to it any time soon.
> > > Anyone else who's reading this, our list of tasks we'd like to
> > > do is at <http://www.seul.org/edu/tasklist.html>.  Take a look,
> > > and if you find something you'd like to do or to help with, let
> > > us know.  Don't worry if it's already claimed--we'll be happy to
> > > have the help!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Doug Loss           Advertisements contain the only truths
> > > dloss@suscom.net    to be relied on in a newspaper.
> > > (570) 326-3987             Mark Twain
> > >
> >
>
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