Greetings!

[Dan McGarry]

Simón A. Ruiz wrote:
> Tom Hoffman wrote:
>>
>> I think that a wiki (or a blog) is a great idea.  This Indiana
>> initiative is by far the biggest free software deployment in US
>> schools, and at the same time, seemingly a state secret.  Very little
>> news about this project has gotten out to the rest of the open source
>> community in the US, which is bad for Indiana and for the rest of the
>> community.
> 
> I agree, and I think that's because this isn't being done by the open 
> source community, this is being done by a governmental institution. 
> Linux is being dropped in the laps of people who don't have experience 
> with it, and I can imagine most schools don't have someone like me who 
> can step up and take responsibility.

You're not the only one(s) in this situation.

Some folks in Southern Illinois have been working with Linux servers for 
a fair number of years now. I know it's not exactly walking distance, 
but it might be useful to check out what they're up to.

I first met Abe Loveless and the gang when they decided to deploy the 
SME Server (http://www.contribs.org/). I worked for the company that 
developed the system and went down there to do a demo and answer some 
questions. They were rolling it out in response to a federal requirement 
that they install content filtering or face losing their funds. They 
decided on squidGuard on SME Server because it was the only way they 
could work cost-effectively and efficiently.

Anyway, check out what they're up to:

<http://www.tech-geeks.org/geeklog/>

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Dan McGarry	it.psl at fsp.org.vu

IT Consultant
Community Communications Project