Hi Simon,
I think your right about strength in numbers.
I ask the question as something of a temperature take on how the
community views Edubuntu going forward.
I think there are significant areas/issues that Edubuntu does not
address, that no FLOSS project, Linux project or (UK perhaps even
global) vendor addresses.
I think most of these issues go to proprietary, licensing and business
issues and to date I see no answers forthcoming other than "head in
sand...pretend its not happening".
For example how does one address the issue of audio/video codecs?
Without the licensing the -ugly stuff in say Gstreamer, a UK school will
have little if any access to a lot of content they have already
purchased.
What is the answer here? License codecs, lobby governments...if so lobby
them for what? If its licensing can collective purchasing power not work
here?
I can tell you that not having an answer/work around, in the UK, is a
deal breaker that will keep adoption to zero/low single digits!
Perhaps this is a discussion that should start under a different thread;
nonetheless I'd still be interested to see what peoples answers are to
my original question.
Cheers,
Dom
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