I can't think of a good reason to waste time with a windows anything. except maybe shades ;) One of the main obstacles to anything open source in English schools (and this is the only area I know about) are the teachers themeselves. Recently, two senior employees of BECTA visitited my school to see how they could help us run the new key stage 3 on screen tests because we use Ubuntu exclsively and the idiots (RM)
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 18:15 -0500, James Tremblay wrote: programming the tests would not support us. Anyway, during the discussion about the take up of Linux in English schools one of these gentlemen (who are extremely aware of what goes on in schools) said: "It does not matter how much anyone in a school wants Linux to succeed in that school, the teachers can always find a way to make sure that it does not" And from their experience this is what has happened! The main reason is that the teachers are used to Windows and very reluctant to change to anything else. This is why I suggest a Windows install initially will have more penetration than if you go Linux from the outset. Remove as many barriers first and then gradually add them back as you win converts.
waiting isn't helping. Many schools are right now looking for a replacement for things like WInschool which isn't NCLB compliant and has already been decommissioned by Pearson. At least with a program like Centre we can make it meet the needs and maybe some regulations too. I have seen more than one thread on this idea. google search SIS+Moodle and you will see them, even a company selling the service of using Moodles API to sync data.
I totally agree with the need for speed but this is probelmatic as most open source developers have day jobs and therefore there is a finite speed at which these things can proceed. How do you envisage the work on yours ideas will be undertaken? Kind Regards Garry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org