[Yr11 Information Technology] OSV - Open Source catalog

[Peter Ruwoldt (Wrk)]

Con Zymaris wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 04:56:28PM +1100, Roland GESTHUIZEN wrote:
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>>Reliable and intuitive, looks good. :-)
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>Speaking of reliable and intuitive... ;-)
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>OSV is about to launch the following:
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>Open Source Victoria has prepared the following report for the primary and
>secondary education sector. Within it, we have researched and provided a
>synopsis on a range of software which we believe will be beneficial to
>educators and students. We have also included a large list of other
>open source applications.
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>Specifically, our objectives are:
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>a) to increase the awareness of open source software amongst all Victorian
>   schools,
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>b) to provide an easy mechanism for educators to review and select
>   software,
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>c) to increase the understanding of the merits of open source Software
>   amongst students of Information Technology courses in schools,
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>d) to help the education sector save money on software licences, which
>   could be re-deployed on hardware or staff professional development.
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>This (draft) catalog (12+ MB PDF) is available for download now, from:
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> http://www.cc.com.au/osv/education_FOSS_catalog.pdf
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>or
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> http://www.cybersource.com.au/about/education_FOSS_catalog.pdf
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>Your feedback is welcome.
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This catalog looks like something that will help me/us.  Well done on this project.  
I did not see a dedicated Desktop Publishing program there. DTP could be good for the office skills type courses.  
I know that modern word processors have many of the features of DTP but ....

Any information about final publishing dates and availablility of the glossy?
Peter


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