Contact from OFSET, Edubuntu Summit, 1-3 July 2005

[Jane Weideman]

I am sending this on,, as it didn;t seem to go to the list the first
time (odd)...

On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 09:14 -0500, Jeff Waddell wrote:
> This is intended to go to the whole list however it appears to go just
> to the original author (Jane Weideman).  Jane if you find it
> worthwhile please forward it, however let me know if it does only go
> to you so I can in the future also add (when I desire) the list
> address for posting.
> 
> On 6/8/05, Jane Weideman <janew at hbd.com> wrote:
> > Hi Hilaire,
> > On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 14:05 +0200, Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
> > > Hello Jane,
> > >
> > >
> > > I have heard about an Edubuntu summit targeted toward a ubuntu version
> > > for education. I am contacting you because I am the president of OFSET
> > > and we are longtime developpers of free end-user software for education
> > > (not architecture side as it is the case for Ubuntu).
> > >  We have been worked on software like DrGeo, Gcompris, COLLATINVS and
> > > contributed to many others. We have also developped customized versions
> > > of Freeduc-cd to give a feel and taste to the teachers about the free
> > > software they can use in their respective field.
> > > So we are mainly working in the end-user software side of your
> > > integration project althought we have also been working on Debian
> > > packaging for freeduc-cd.
> > >
> > > I guess there are areas where we could collaborate and I would like to
> > > see with you how this could be done.
> > 
> > We are very open to collaborating. Feel free to join our mailing list
> > (which I have cc'ed on this message), where we are beginning to talk
> > about developments and collaboration opportunities. Details are on our
> > web page www.edubuntu.org (which is still very new and modest).
> > 
> > Will you be joining us at the summit in July?
> > 
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Hilaire
> > >
> > > Some references you may already know about:
> > >
> > > http://wwww.ofset.org/drgeo
> > > http://wwww.ofset.org/gcompris
> > > http://wwww.ofset.org/freeduc-ecole
> > > http://wwww.ofset.org/freeduc-games
> > > And more generally:
> > > http://wwww.ofset.org/projects
> > >
> > 
> > Many thanks for the links, we will certainly take a loot at them.
> 
> I found this "Freudian" slip pretty funny.  You can't "loot" free
> software like a pirate on the high seas of the internet because, when
> the pirate comes into port, they will be deluged with gifts.....I see
> you are starting to see the depth of gifts available and the promise
> of a very BRIGHT and Wonderful future ;)

*LOL* Oh my goodness, I seem to be a Freudian and typo magnet! This on
is pretty funny though and I am glad that you took no offence!

I promise I will stick to looking at and not looting your references - I
trust you will do the same?

Land ahoy!

Regards

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JaneW
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