El 11/06/2013 00:27, "Paul Sutton" <<a href="mailto:zleap@zleap.net">zleap@zleap.net</a>> escribió: > > On 10/06/13 23:25, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: > > > > > > El 10/06/2013 23:58, "Paul Sutton" <<a href="mailto:zleap@zleap.net">zleap@zleap.net</a> > > <mailto:<a href="mailto:zleap@zleap.net">zleap@zleap.net</a>>> escribió: > > > > > > On 10/06/13 22:54, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > I was hoping some of you could help me clear this up. > > > > > > > > My local library is one of the only libraries that is actually getting > > > > bigger in the near future. One of the improvements is that they are > > > > going to install some new computers. I asked if there was a chance of > > > > it being a good chance of installing on those computers something > > > > other than windows. > > > > > > > > The response I got was that the people's network was a government > > > > funded initiative and that they where not given the option of > > > > installing anything other windows. > > > > > > > > This is richmond upon Thames council. Is it the same for you? > > > > > > > > Anybody know about this? > > > > > > > > I was referred to the council info email. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is off at a slight tangent, but > > > > > > Any chance of getting some raspberry pis and some hdml input tv's etc > > > and allow kids to do programming, > > > > > > in torbay we have tv's connected to consoles like xboxes. > > > > > > so why not raspberry pis > > > > > > > > > Agreed. But better yet, not spend any more money and install a decent > > gnu/linux distro on the computers avaliable with scratch. > > > > So, > > <a href="http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/about.html">http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/about.html</a> > > Refers to an association called mla. Museums libraries and archives > > that no longer exist on email contact or web page. > > > > > > > > > > Try e-mailing postmaster@ or webmaster@ > > No need. Duckduckgo got me as far as here: Seems it is non existant <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museums,_Libraries_and_Archives_Council">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museums,_Libraries_and_Archives_Council</a> And the man to contact could well be: <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bazalgette">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bazalgette</a> Frankly seems to me that there is a vacuum since 2011 and that if a company gives a good deal we could probably not have to forcefully use windows.