[Wolves] Open Source successes at work

[Philip Moore]

Hi

I have just completed a computing degree and one module used MOODLE as the
basis of the mode of study (a VLE).  From a student perspective it was (I
found) very good.  I found your observations very interesting.

A further thought - does the software used by the Open University work under
Linux? - I will enquire with the OU - I will find out in any event when I
start the OU course.

Philip Moore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Sweet" <drinky76 at yahoo.com>
To: "Wolves LUG" <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:21 PM
Subject: [Wolves] Open Source successes at work


> Hi all,
>
> I've been meaning to mention this for a week or 2 now
> but I've been a bit too flat out to write it.
>
> I'm feeling rather pleased with myself because through
> my influence I've managed to infiltrate several pieces
> of OSS into my one-stop-Windows-shop workplace. It's a
> 6th form college.
>
> As of the Autumn term we will be giving away copies of
> OpenOffice.org to any student that wants an Office
> Suite.
>
> Remember me mentioning Moodle, an Open Source Virtual
> Learning Environment? Well I set it up and after a
> weeks trial, we've ditched the proprietary solution we
> were trialling for 18 months. It saved us several
> grand in the process and is significantly better.
>
> I am also struggling with a Linux firewall, MNF, IPCop
> and Smoothwall. Alas I can't get any data out onto the
> net as yet, but I'm working on it and I may come back
> for advice later on.
>
> Unfortunately, I couldn't get Moodle to work on my
> Debian box in the office, so no Linux servers yet
> though it is running on Apache, PHP and MySQL, nor
> could I persuade my bosses to hide IE and replace it
> with Firefox as the default browser despite the
> promise of fewer security holes. Also my attempt at
> demoing Squirrelmail as a replacement for our ageing,
> cranky, proprietary webmail system fell flat when I
> couldn't manage to log in.
>
> Nevertheless, it represents a significant mind-shift
> from "don't touch it with a barge-pole" to "see if
> it's better" for which, as the primary instigator and
> in many such cases, the primary admin, I am rather
> pleased with myself.
>
> Ad - smug
>
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