SuSE US 'downsized' and moved some of its functions back to Germany. This was an issue specific to SuSE Inc in the US and the way the company is structured and not an indication of more general problems. Unfortunately the head of SuSE in the US was then misquoted on LinuxGram and the story was then taken up elsewhere with wrong information. On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, ptaylor wrote:
Hi Roger (all):
I saw a news blurb on the Internet (everything on there is true!) that SuSE US is down sizing and the MD says that SuSE is no more, expired and gone to meet it's maker etc. I hope this is just a blip as I am in with SuSE for the long haul.
As regards the meeting, I will produce maps, directions and other documentation over this week and send them on to whoever requests them. People can e-mail me at school with fax numbers et al and I will send them forward.
I concur with some of the other comments so far about broadening the scope of the meeting. I will try to invite my local LEA representative and I have some people from other feeder schools. I will try to get some representatives from business if I can but Salisbury is not really a high tech Mecca (as I have found out trying to get work experience for my year 12 ICT students). I think the focus should be on "open source". I don't have any beef against MS per say but do believe that education should have access to free tools for students to develop, not be tied to expensive, corporate dictated policies. I also like the idea (idealist I know) that the people that create license free software make it based on a sharing and pooling of ideas, not from some closed shop. Education should be "free" and children shpould be able to explore this medium in depth. My students can not do that with MS/Office. Look forward to hearing from you all. Paul 01722-323431 01722-330010 ptaylor@westwood-st-thomas.wilts.sch.uk
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