Debian-edu/Skolelinux and Edubuntu cooperation
So, during my stay at the conference in Valencia, I was able to talk
to Mark Shuttleworth from Canonical, and discuss the possibility of
cooperation between the Edubuntu and the Debian-edu/Skolelinux
projects. We were able to clear away a few misunderstandings away
(skolelinux do not want to cooperate with canonical, canonical will
only cooperate with skolelinux if it is based on ubuntu), and agreed
that there actually is good base for cooperation.
We will start by increasing cross-project communication, by inviting
the Edubuntu people to join us at our next devcamp in Bergen (they
cover their own expences, so this should not affect the skolelinux
budget).
I hope we can use this opportunity to spread the skolelinux network
architecture and solutions, while getting more eyes looking at the
common problems and hopefully come up with common solutions to the
issues at hand.
The two projects have fairly aligned goals, trying to provide the best
possible software package for schools. We do have different time
schedules, and this will lead to friction when upcoming deadlines make
it hard to spend enough time to find the best solution. I believe we
can make this cooperation work, if we base it on our will to pull in
the same direction when possible, and discuss and explain the
different goals when we end up pulling in slightly different
directions.
This might be worth a news report of some kind. For that, I had two
pictures of the conclusion of the talks,
<URL:http://developer.skolelinux.no/~pere/2005-05-05T1954Z-edubuntu-deal1.jpg>
and
<URL:http://developer.skolelinux.no/~pere/2005-05-05T1954Z-edubuntu-deal2.jpg>.
(The last picture even got the handwaving of Bart Cornelis
included. :)
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