Comments on: The Open Learning Centre at the Woking Means Business show http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/09/the-open-learning-centre-at-the-woking-means-business-show/ The Magic of Open Source Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:35:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Boycott Novell » Links 12/10/2008: KDE4 and Mandriva 2009 Raves Arrive http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/09/the-open-learning-centre-at-the-woking-means-business-show/comment-page-1/#comment-9107 Boycott Novell » Links 12/10/2008: KDE4 and Mandriva 2009 Raves Arrive Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:54:16 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=380#comment-9107 [...] The Open Learning Centre at the Woking Means Business show [...] [...] The Open Learning Centre at the Woking Means Business show [...]

]]> By: Alan Bell http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/09/the-open-learning-centre-at-the-woking-means-business-show/comment-page-1/#comment-9098 Alan Bell Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:02:24 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=380#comment-9098 @Roy, I considered joining the BSA, just never got round to it. Software piracy is bad. Everyone who wants to lock themselves in to proprietary software should be forced to pay full price for it. They are hurting the adoption of Free and Open Source Software. @Roy, I considered joining the BSA, just never got round to it. Software piracy is bad. Everyone who wants to lock themselves in to proprietary software should be forced to pay full price for it. They are hurting the adoption of Free and Open Source Software.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/09/the-open-learning-centre-at-the-woking-means-business-show/comment-page-1/#comment-9097 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:34:45 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=380#comment-9097 This stand would anger the BSA. I know it! I can feel it!!111 This stand would anger the BSA. I know it! I can feel it!!111

]]> By: The Open Sourcerer » Open Source in Education http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/09/the-open-learning-centre-at-the-woking-means-business-show/comment-page-1/#comment-9083 The Open Sourcerer » Open Source in Education Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:13:48 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=380#comment-9083 [...] publicity. It was a very timely post considering a couple of conversations I had yesterday at the Woking Business Expo where we were [...] [...] publicity. It was a very timely post considering a couple of conversations I had yesterday at the Woking Business Expo where we were [...]

]]> By: Alan Lord http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/09/the-open-learning-centre-at-the-woking-means-business-show/comment-page-1/#comment-9081 Alan Lord Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:07:26 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=380#comment-9081 @Adrian, Many thanks for that. Have emailed you directly. @Adrian,

Many thanks for that. Have emailed you directly.

]]> By: Alan Lord http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/09/the-open-learning-centre-at-the-woking-means-business-show/comment-page-1/#comment-9080 Alan Lord Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:52:59 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=380#comment-9080 Hi Jack, Nope. There's no XP or any other proprietary software here (apart from the Linux Skype, and Nvidia binaries I guess) . But there was an Ubuntu Lappy running the monitor, and another Elonex Webbook connected to Orange 3G. This was great. The internet connection stayed up all day, throughput was perfectly acceptable and we demonstrated various on-line stuff: I installed Inkscape from the Ubuntu repos, the other Alan installed the Chinese Language set and we both entered leads directly onto our CRM in real time. We checked email occasionally, surfed for sites and information that visitors enquired about, and even managed some skype chats too. At the end of the show we had downloaded about 250Mb over the air during the 8 1/2 hrs of connection time. The contract with Orange is for 3G/month so that looks to be quite a reasonable amount for a more "typical" mobile usage profile. Hi Jack,

Nope. There’s no XP or any other proprietary software here (apart from the Linux Skype, and Nvidia binaries I guess) . But there was an Ubuntu Lappy running the monitor, and another Elonex Webbook connected to Orange 3G. This was great. The internet connection stayed up all day, throughput was perfectly acceptable and we demonstrated various on-line stuff: I installed Inkscape from the Ubuntu repos, the other Alan installed the Chinese Language set and we both entered leads directly onto our CRM in real time. We checked email occasionally, surfed for sites and information that visitors enquired about, and even managed some skype chats too.

At the end of the show we had downloaded about 250Mb over the air during the 8 1/2 hrs of connection time. The contract with Orange is for 3G/month so that looks to be quite a reasonable amount for a more “typical” mobile usage profile.

]]> By: Adrian Steele http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/09/the-open-learning-centre-at-the-woking-means-business-show/comment-page-1/#comment-9078 Adrian Steele Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:58:40 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=380#comment-9078 I dont know if you are interested, but in another life I am on the board of business link west midlands, and we are running a business IT show early in 2009. aside form the BT type businesses, I'm trying to get some open source representation. Senokian are hopefully coming , would you be interested as well? I dont know if you are interested, but in another life I am on the board of business link west midlands, and we are running a business IT show early in 2009. aside form the BT type businesses, I’m trying to get some open source representation. Senokian are hopefully coming , would you be interested as well?

]]> By: Jack Hughes http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/10/09/the-open-learning-centre-at-the-woking-means-business-show/comment-page-1/#comment-9077 Jack Hughes Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:45:17 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=380#comment-9077 You're not hiding a Windows XP box under the desk are you? :) Thanks for the feedback BTW You’re not hiding a Windows XP box under the desk are you? :) Thanks for the feedback BTW

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