----- Original Message ----- My old school is about to ditch Novell because it can't afford the licences anymore. The organisation want to move to NT because they can get an educational deal on the licencing. I seem to recall someone pointed out a hidden "benefit" spider trap in the MS Educational licencing process but was it only about XP? I need answers really quickly, please, 'cos they make their decisions without planning! -- Depends on the agreement/licensing package. Look at http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/microsoft-licensing/school-agreement/ for details. Spider trap is that it's a yearly payment with a big exit payment. John McCabe Network Mangler East Norfolk Sixth Form College How do you make a cat go moo? Ask it "Does a dog have the Buddha-nature?" This e-mail is intended for the addressee shown. It contains information that is confidential and protected from disclosure. Any review, dissemination or use of this transmission or its contents by persons or unauthorized employees of the intended organisations is strictly prohibited. The contents of this email do not necessarily represent the views or policies of East Norfolk Sixth Form College, its employees or students.

On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 15:34, Derek Harding wrote:

My old school is about to ditch Novell because it can't afford the licences anymore. The organisation want to move to NT because they can get an educational deal on the licencing.

Perhaps you should suggest Samba on GNU/Linux. ITWeek summed it up rather nicely recently: http://www.hands.com/~phil/ITWeek-samba.png Costs less (i.e the time to set it up), runs faster on the same hardware, more reliable, no forced upgrades, no subscription, scales better, no costs of license maintainance, and no transfer of government funds to a foreign multi-national. With webmin-samba it's probably slightly easier to administer than a Windows server too, so even the point-and-drool adicts have no excuse for not using it. The only downside is that Microsoft, via the BSA and the UK & European patent offices, may be able to enforce their ludicrous patents and thus snuff out Samba from existance, but at least you'll get a few years of freedom until they pull that one off, and it might never happen. Cheers, Phil. -- Say no to software patents! http://petition.eurolinux.org/ |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://www.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND