Caution on the CMIS spiels - they've claimed DB agnosticism for years, but would only deliver it on Access/MS SQL/Oracle. I would be pleased to hear that they would support it on Postgre, as that would make it far more interesting to many schools. Sadly the web interface problems are not new and, given they were offered assistance in rectifying them FOC 2 years ago, it's a little odd to hear they are *still* working on them... CMIS is Tomcat dependent, which has always confused me. Why use one open source project on 2k/IIS (and all the associated issues) when you could use the entire set (Linux/Apache/Tomcat) and deliver it as a sealed box? -----Original Message----- From: Tony Whitmore [mailto:tonywhitmore@users.sourceforge.net] Sent: 18 January 2005 18:55 To: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Re: The BETT Show & A Computer on Tottenham Court Road Grainge, Derek wrote: <snip>

I think now Microsoft own part of the company. I doubt that this would > have had anything to do with the decision to go .net executables though > ;)

This may sound silly, but are these *genuine* .Net programs? I suspect not. If they were, someone might stand a chance of running them under Mono. On a related aside, I saw a presentation by Serco before Christmas of the CMIS (SIMS-like) software. Although closed-source itself, it can use any SQL compliant backend - they have used Postgres and Oracle as well as MS SQL, for example. The web interface does not yet function entirely in firefox, but they are working on that. Also, the client-side application (necessary for some more advanced features) is Windows-only, but can be installed on each workstation or installed to a network share. I explained to them afterwards how this meant that they could provide an entirely Linux hosted system, through using Samba. Tony -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com This message may contain information and/or data that is confidential and legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, publication, reproduction or dissemination is strictly prohibited and may violate certain laws. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by return e-mail and destroy this and all copies of this message and/or data. The content of this message has been scanned by MailPatrol for unacceptable language and inappropriate content. European Electronique limited thanks you in anticipation of your co-operation. MailPatrol is a fully managed service that offers your organisation the ability to monitor and enforce your Acceptable Usage Policy. For further information regarding the MailPatrol services contact the European Electronique Sales Enquiry line on 0845 345 8340 (local rate) or email sales@euroele.com