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Today's Topics:
1. Collecting history of FLOSS in UK (fwd) (MJ Ray)
2. [ALUG] Short Report from the meeting at Syleham on Sunday 23rd November 2003 (John Woodard)
3. King's Lynn meeting report (MJ Ray)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:38:10 +0000
From: MJ Ray mjr@dsl.pipex.com
To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk
Organization: Very poor
Subject: [Alug Announce]Collecting history of FLOSS in UK (fwd)
David is particularly interested in any events to do with Martlesham
Heath. Do we have current ALUG subscribers who could help him with
this?
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Date: 2003-11-18 12:00:14 +0000
From: David Tannenbaum david.tannenbaum@worc.ox.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Collecting history of FLOSS in UK
Dear Lugmasters,
I am a doctoral student in Economic & Social History, and am writing
my dissertation on the history of free software. I am currently
compiling a short history of free software use and development in the
UK, particularly in higher education, for a separate project that will
be published online. The report will go on the website, which has a
policy of putting an open license on all documentation, and that
anyone can contact them to discuss alternative licensing if they need
it.
Could folks suggest events or areas of interest that I should include?
I am particularly interested in free software use and development in
higher education, but would like to include everything that's
important. I'm interested in history going back as far as the 1950s.
David Tannenbaum
University of Oxford
Economic & Social History
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Message: 2
From: John Woodard
mail@johnwoodard.co.uk (by way of John Woodard
mail@johnwoodard.co.uk)
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:25:48 +0000
To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk
Subject: [Alug Announce][ALUG] Short Report from the meeting at Syleham on Sunday 23rd November 2003
Attendees:
Keith (sorry I didn't catch the surname)
Brett Parker
Mark Ray
Syd Handcock
Tony Anson
Jonathan McDowell
Paul Corner
BigJohn Woodard (host)
Young David (BJ's son who made the tea and played Frozen Bubble)
Nice to see familiar faces, a new face and a face that hasn't left the
confines of Norwich for an ALUG meeting before. Sorry about the lack of beer
my fault I will make sure I have the bar keys next time.
Various discussions were held about web hosting, firewalls, software patents,
the DMCA and its European equivalents, how to circum navigate CD copy
protection, hi-fi vinyl turntables and how to stop vibration affecting them
also the reason why there was *NO* beer.
Some kit was in evidence with a partial install of Mandrake 9.2 being made
(just to test the hardware).
Future meetings were also mentioned with another showing of Revolution OS
being requested, so it was decided that it could be screened at the next
meeting at Syleham, on the large TV owned by the Syleham and Wingfield Sports
and Social Club. Their permission will be sought and it will be scheduled for
the last Sunday in Feburary next year, the 29th. This will be a normal Sunday
meeting too so feel free to come with or without kit as per usual.
Cheers,
BJ
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:35:51 +0000
From: MJ Ray
mjr@dsl.pipex.com
To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk
Organization: Very poor
Subject: [Alug Announce]King's Lynn meeting report
A hardy band of trailblazers restarted the King's Lynn meetings last
Tuesday evening. Brett, Kaz, James, Pete and MJR were there and Chris
sent his apologies. Many exotic and strange ways to configure disks,
some sort of electrical modelling software (was it called spice?) and
differentiation were discussed, while some beer was quaffed.
It was a small but encouraging meeting after nearly a year's gap. I
hope the others there enjoyed it as much as I did. I think the next
meeting will be Tuesday 16 December at the same time (7pm) in the same
place (Hogshead, High St). I'll prepare some better directions for car
drivers (Lynn's roads are fiendish, so maybe photos) and probably a
slightly silly christmas quiz. If 10 people agree to come far enough
in advance, we should be able to get a free buffet, so please email me
now.
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