Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (104 mails)

[Giles Nunn <giles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Edgehill e-mail service wrote:

> 
> GCSE and 6th form only - about 100-150 pupils and 50 staff - we were
> looking at about 20 spares (using the 10% rule & given the usual
> turn-around on repairs) - and possibly hot spares for HDD and display.
> 
> The lossage through theft/damage was the main sticking point, and was the
> reason for not going with leased systems - staff/parental insurance would
> cover systems owned outright more reliably than most leasing companies who
> are geared for business users, not students!
> 
> The question is, however, becoming academic (pun intended), since many of
> our students are acquiring laptops of their own. Almost all of our boarders
> have brought computers with them from home.
> 

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Has anyone on the list looked at or tried the special leasing schemes for
schools/parents? Some of the schools in this county are looking at the
idea very seriously. The scheme from ABK looks good with all hardware
support issues taken care of (theoretically). There is still a gap re
software support though. The company have promised to let me know about
providing Linux systems (or other OS).

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Giles Nunn - Network Manager
Carms Schools ICT Development Centre
Tel: +44 01239 710662   Fax: 710985
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