Here it is: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=54060... Well done Richard! John Ingleby ************
Congratulations Richard indeed! It is an interesting article, though I think they've missed something we experience relating to educational software. In our experience most of it is produced using packages at least 5 years old (In one case we have a brand new piece of psychology software written using the old 16bit Macromedia Director.) We'd probably have less hassles getting these software packages running under Wine on Linux than we'd have getting them to work under 2K / XP! On 14 Jul 2004 at 9:04, John Ingleby wrote: Here it is: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=54060... Well done Richard! John Ingleby ************ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com ----- Paul Graydon Network Technician Haywards Heath Sixth Form College http://www.hhc.ac.uk (01444) 456281 In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 09:32, Paul Graydon wrote:
Congratulations Richard indeed!
Hear, hear.
It is an interesting article, though I think they've missed something we experience relating to educational software. In our experience most of it is produced using packages at least 5 years old (In one case we have a brand new piece of psychology software written using the old 16bit Macromedia Director.) We'd probably have less hassles getting these software packages running under Wine on Linux than we'd have getting them to work under 2K / XP!
And I bet there are now more than 10 schools using desktop Linux. I
could count 10 myself and I bet I don't know all of them.
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Ian Lynch
On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 10:33, Ian Lynch wrote:
And I bet there are now more than 10 schools using desktop Linux. I could count 10 myself and I bet I don't know all of them.
One school using Desktop Linux that people may not be aware of is Ackworth School in West Yorkshire. We've not publicised this much yet because we wanted to get through all the problems, but the school has X based thin client terminals with sound, movie playing ability, usb flash access and all the usual Linux apps. They've trialled a small set of clients and plan to expand in September. You can read more at: http://www.hypercubesystems.co.uk/ The Head of ICT there is David Palmer. regards, Seb James -- Educational Systems, Hypercube Systems Ltd Providing Open Source ICT solutions for schools. Tel: 0845 458 0277 Web: www.hypercubesystems.co.uk Mob: 07900 958964 Email: seb@hypercubesystems.co.uk
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