Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:35:32 +0100 (CET) From: Malte Lance <malte.lance@gmx.net> To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com Cc: brett@lariat.org, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199811250835.JAA05429@neuron.webmore.prv> In-Reply-To: <48004.911945650@zippy.cdrom.com>
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So dear Jordan, please have a look at the following link: http://www.unesco.org/events/latin/cd_linux_ing.html This is an UNESCO supported project for OS-CDROM-giveaway. For now they are giving-away just RedHat-CDROMs :( Maybe here is a chance to advocate FreeBSD. They were unresponsive to my advocating mail. Malte. On 24 Nov, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/16107.html > > FreeBSD probably wasn't on their radar. More helpful indeed would any > suggestions on your part (and possibly organizational efforts) on what > it takes to get on mexican radar screens. > > As is my usual gripe in advocacy, what we really need around here > aren't a bunch of firemen who arrive at the scene of the fire well > after it has already consumed the building and stand around saying > meaningful things like "This was a fire! It appears to have burned > down the building! Fires are bad, someone should do something." > > Such firemen are obviously of no use at all and should probably go > into less challenging professions like chicken inspection or lavatory > maintenance. What we need are firemen who actually arrive in time to > have a meaningful affect on fires *as they are happening* or can turn > practical expertise towards preventing fires in the first place. :-) > > In this specific case, what would have constituted attacking the fire > rather than the ashes would have been to let me know about this well > before the selection process took place so that I could have sent > these folks some evaluation CDs and possibly a book or two. I send > literally tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise to schools > and other educational programs every year and will continue to do so, > but people still have to tell me where to send them since I'm not > psychic here, folks! > > - Jordan -- Malte Lance. --- composed with TkRat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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