[Fsfe-uk] Re: Knowledge Transfer Was Re: [fp6] Re: [Fsfe-ie] Latest on March 16th event: FOSS Means Business

[Adam Moran]

Hi Shane,

[ I'm copying in fsfe-uk for their information and to promote 
http://foss-means-business.org/ ]

Shane M. Coughlan wrote:
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> Adam Moran wrote:
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> > I would be interested to have your take on this and how we can help
> > better the chances of FOSS in funding bids -- ideally to feed in to this
> > event http://foss-means-business.org/ .
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> Hi Adam
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> The concept behind your work appeals to me.  The creation of a knowledge
> transfer network to enable the production, publishing and distribution
> of learning and community media is rather important, especially in a
> FOSS context.
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> I'm in contact with an educational board in Japan who are just starting
> to build an eLearning framework for their school system.  It will cover
> around 100 schools, dealing with thousands of students.  It would be
> great if they could use FOSS systems to do this, rather than end up
> using a closed system.

I agree and this resonates with our early work:

  http://www.webarchitects.co.uk/projects/elearning/

( We have been recently introduced to http://www.pollenation.net/ by a 
Department of Trade and Industry funding initiative, and have had 
preliminary discussions about co-developing code modifications to 
appropriate FOSS for this kind of work. As an aside, the consensus at 
the moment seems to be for Plone. )

> The Japanese challenge is rather unique, as FOSS alternatives are not
> highly regarded.  Companies are trusted to implement systems, and that
> usually means a company placing their favorite closed product into
> whatever projects they are involved with.

Our local International Trade centre are keen for us to export to Japan 
and have a dedicated specialist http://www.syitc.com/japan_link.htm -- 
they have offered us help and advice and a 50 % match to £ 6 k for 
travel, shows and pitches.

I'll contact you off-list to talk more.

Thanks Shane

Best regards

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Adam Moran    Contracts Manager
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Bridging the Digital Divide
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