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[Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 5:30 PM, David Schult <filosofic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...have it running right now under portable ubuntu, hardy repo.  like ebony
> and ivory, windows and ubuntu running in perfect harmony, and school tool
> right there on top of it all -- this allows me to make an easier head to
> head comparison with the edline/gradequick that our school is currently
> using.
> this could make a transition to schooltool and ubuntu more palitable for
> some.

Yes, part of the reason I don't feel too bad about focusing on Ubuntu
packages is because it is so easy to get a virtual machine, portable
Ubuntu, bootcamp on Mac, etc. running.  And production deployment on a
virtual machine is a good idea from a security standpoint anyhow.

--Tom