[K12OSN] spread the love

Jonathan Carter jonathan at shuttleworthfoundation.org
Tue Mar 9 23:52:01 UTC 2004


anthony baldwin wrote:
> 
> Recently Novell had sent me two Suse Pro 8.2 box sets.  Since I had two, 
> and the school really wasn't using either, I gave one to a student who 
> is interested in computers, etc.
> Another students then asked for the cool software I had given the first 
> one.  Instead I gave him a copy of K12 3.1.2.  Hopefully we'll see him 
> on the list soon.  I figure a student trying to learn about Linux will 
> do far better if he becomes exposed the the excellent support and great 
> humor/patience exhibited on this list than on some corporate list.  The 
> Suse list get's so much traffics that it's insane, anyway.
> Who knows, these kids could be the future of Linux.
> There's not too much I can do for the OSS community, since I'm a 
> relative newb, but I sure do enjoy spreading the love!
> I've also given away several Openoffice.org CDs in the past two weeks 
> for students who needed presentation software for projects that I assigned.
> 
> tony

Advocacy (spreading the word about Linux) is probably one of the best 
things you could do for the Linux community. Even if you're just 
spreading awareness, it's great. So keep up the good work!

-- 
Jonathan Carter
The Shuttleworth Foundation
Tel +27 21 970 1230 | Fax +27 21 970 1231
http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/oscp/





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