RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] RM CC3 NETWORK
RM aim their systems at schools who want a 'managed' solution. i.e. the school doesn't want to install kit itself, isn't sure it has the expertise, so they listen to the RM blurb. This is fine if you're a relatively small school, with limited IT ambitions. But many schools outgrow RM - if you want to install 'just any old package' or you want to add servers which RM regard as non-standard you are pretty much on your own. i.e. do it the RM way or not at all. There can also be issues connecting non-RM machines to an RM network. Last time I bought from RM was 1990: they happily helped install Netware then they decided they would not support it in schools, only university. Nice. They also didn't provide the necessary tape streamers, and one of the (new) server drives went down while we were waiting. Even nicer. I rebuilt the server myself. From that point we rolled our own.
Its really a mini-version of the MS strategy focused on schools.
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Grainge, Derek