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On 25/04/2010 19:04, james kilty wrote:
On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 12:47 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:It would be nice to have an indication on demand for this sort of thing, as it seems training or lack there of is a big barrier to the take up of Linux of any flavour.I contacted my local adult ed centre a couple of years ago about running a course. They said they'd have to contact the IT department and I heard no more. I presume the IT department would not like to have their Windows machines contaminated with a Linux. So, an educational opportunity was disallowed by the IT professionals rather than on educational merit. There is a human rights issue here if I wanted to pursue it. James
James,I suppose the IT guys were not themselves confident in the use of Linux so were not prepared
to run a Linux course. John W -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html