Acorn (Risc OS included) were the superior (IMO) alternatives to RM and to hear them labelled together makes me shudder.
Apologies for lumping Acorn and RM together, for as several people have pointed out they are not (or were not?) the same company.
We bowed to the inevitable and moved over to W98 clients/Linux server and got rid of our last Acorn machines only 2 years ago.
...and if I were you I'd strongly resist a further upgrade to Windows-XP, at least not without a great deal of world testing.
I am still appalled at what we have lost in terms of simplicity, elegance and robustness. I am depressed by the crap I have to use on a daily basis.
Now what would be useful is some feedback on how best to configure a Linux / Samba server for use in a real-world school environment ...including some well documented configuration scripts. Would Dave or anyone else on this list like to chip in here, David Bowles