About Us

Education and Knowledge

We are Otto and Zachary at the Baccalaureate School for Global Education. During our time at school, both of us noticed that while many of our peers were fascinated with computing and technology, they did not exactly understand how to participate or contribute to these fields. Realizing that entry into the domain of computer science and computer systems was becoming more difficult, both of us felt that there was a need for abstraction of this knowledge.

Around the same time, both of us became more interested in data systems and information on computers. Both of us realized that the preservation of old computers may be the only link we have between the present and the records of people’s lives from the past. They are the only way we are able to access old salary histories, prison ledgers and factory logs which document the evidence of possible past discriminatory practices, environmental trespasses and social injustices. Therefore, we feel that it is important that these computers be preserved and maintained.

Marrying these two concerns led us to our CAS project, the Wizards of OZ. Our project aims to marry both of these concerns and to provide free and open education to everyone regarding old computer hardware and computer software.