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<body><div style="text-align: left;">Their are a couple (at least) of people at the uni that are advocates of using Linux, and a lot of the systems use it.<br><br>Adam something or other (i`ll find out) was trying to start a uni LUG and Matt Green is also in charge of the linux systems and a fan of openSSH.<br><br>I`ll try and find out more...<br></div><br><div>James Dalley<BR>
</div><br><hr id="stopSpelling">> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:35:14 +0000<br>> From: davmor2@gmail.com<br>> To: wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Wolves] IMPORTANT:Handing over the reigns...<br>> <br>> > Wolverhampton University is a largely untapped source<br>> > for a few reasons:<br>> ><br>> > 1) From personal experience I know that if you put<br>> > posters up they get taken down within 24 hours.<br>> > 2) The biggest Linux figure in the SCIT, Peter Burden<br>> > has now left and I'm not sure who the Linux movers and<br>> > shakers are these days. As far as I know, his<br>> > pro-Linux approach has not been replaced sadly.<br>> > 3) Linux was barely mentioned on my degree until the<br>> > final year (and only then thanks to Peter Burden). I<br>> > believe it is now covered early on in the degree and<br>> > probably by Brian Penfold.<br>> > 4) Something that I found very strange was that there<br>> > aren't many students interested in Linux. I met maybe<br>> > 4 or 5 in 4 years and 2 of those, I introduced them to<br>> > it.<br>> > 5) Some people just aren't sociable enough to get<br>> > involved.<br>> ><br>> > It would be good to ask whoever introduces students to<br>> > Linux to point them in our direction. I'll see if I<br>> > can find out who this might be.<br>> ><br>> > I remember seeing, after I left, a defunct University<br>> > of Wolverhampton LUG and it turns out that I know<br>> > someone who knows the person who set this up. I found<br>> > it strange that a University Lug wanted to be separate<br>> > and distinct from an already thriving LUG. I'm just<br>> > trying to work out whether there was a reason why the<br>> > guy felt that they should be separate from us.<br>> ><br>> > Anyway, I'll see if I can get hold of someone and ask<br>> > him who would be best to approach to have them point<br>> > interested students at us and how we could advertise<br>> > at the uni.<br>> ><br>> That would be Fantastic Adam Thanks<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Seek That Thy Might Know<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Wolves LUG mailing list<br>> Homepage: http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/<br>> Mailing list: Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Mailing list home: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves<br><br /><hr />Be one of the first to try <a href='http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d' target='_new'>Windows Live Mail.</a></body>
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