Re: Debian-edu/Skolelinux and Edubuntu cooperation
* Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> [050508 14:45]:
>
> 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. :)
Thamnks for information, i put it into our wiki and we will soon
translate it.
http://www.skolelinux.de/wiki/Kooperation/Edubuntu
I made the pictures smaller ;-)
Regards/Viele Gruesse!
Kurt
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