1). Please (Pretty Please!) change the 'subject' when changing, well, the subject. 2). Re erasing old disks - this is a particularly difficult one as who knows what levels you really have to go to. Some companies make lots of money providing tools/service to do this. Why not suggest that the machines are provided ex-harddisk, who ever collects them simply takes a screwdriver and removes the disks before taking the machines away. 3). Another problem is the 'safety', you may need to sign a waiver stating that the company can not be held responsible if the kit is electrically unsafe. Simon Wood
-----Original Message----- From: Nigel Metheringham [SMTP:Nigel.Metheringham@VData.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 5:28 PM To: kevin.taylor@powerconv.alstom.com Cc: Schools List Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Letter to local schools.
kevin.taylor@powerconv.alstom.com said:
Someone at my last LUG meeting suggesting raiding skips for thrown out boxes, popping Linux on them, and giving them out to LUG members for experiments (a bit extreme, but I am sure something could come of it).
Serious point would be to talk to a reasonable sized company that has been around for a few years so is likely to be rolling out old kit with the latest PIV you now need to boot W2K in less than 2 days.... if the kit was going to a good cause and you could guarentee that any data on the systems was entirely wiped I'm sure they could see it as a way of getting cheap publicity.
Nigel.
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