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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=669274510-07032008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>We're going to do just that in fact, and will host the
files on the Xerte site in a developers area, and will spend some time this year
developing the community aspects of Xerte, through a series of face to face
sessions, and possibly training or even a Xerte conference, if there is
sufficient appetite for it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>David
Storey<BR><B>Sent:</B> 07 March 2008 10:36<BR><B>To:</B> 'Xerte discussion
list'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Linux, Mac OS X
platforms<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Perhaps a central
repository for people to share their Xerte resources (models, commands,
templates, etc) would be a good starting point, testing the water for if there
is the appetite and support for going open source or not. Or even a Wiki
would be a good start?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Tenney Julian<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 07 March 2008 10:15<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Xerte
discussion list</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> FW: [Xerte] Linux, Mac OS X
platforms</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">As I said, we're
not against open source. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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Huskinson, S.M. [mailto:smh37@leicester.ac.uk] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 07 March 2008 09:13<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Xerte
discussion list</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [Xerte] Linux, Mac OS X
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">I thought Ed:IT
launching on 10th March (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Ed</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and Learning Team Nottingham) were
open source having produced tools for Moodle - the audio recorder for example
and various other tools are contributing to Moodle development. Seems to me
that you do a lot to support open source
already.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On
Behalf Of Tenney Julian [Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk]<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 06 March 2008 15:42<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Xerte
discussion list</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [Xerte] Linux, Mac OS X
platforms</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">No plans for Mac /
Linux at the moment, I'm afraid. However, the file format is open, and anyone
can make their own editor for whatever platform they
like.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">When I've done open
source projects in the past, I have found it to be a one way street. The
promised legions of developers who would turn up and freely give of their time
to improve the code, fix all the bugs and write the documentation never
appeared. We have an open mind about open source - we're not against it, but
supporting an open source project would require a significant investment of
our time, which we don't have right now.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Julian</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Samuel Rose<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 06 March 2008 15:20<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Xerte] Linux, Mac OS X
platforms</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Wondering if there are any active efforts to port
this to Linux, Mac OS X?<BR><BR>Also, would like to cast a vote that this
software code be released under GPL copyright :)<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Sam
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