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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] gnvq
- From: Mark Evans <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:39:56 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20030211103934.E26735@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:04:28AM -0000, Chris Puttick wrote:
> Call me silly, but howabout he gets together with a few other schools (and
> Ian!) to create an Star/OOo equivalent. If he adds up the costs of MS
> Windows, Office and Publisher plus the outrageous charge by Thomas Telford
> (that created by public money should remain public!), he would easily be
> justified in retaining a student for a year under best value.
There is also the cost of the hardware to run this
software on, with the increased support requirments
for *when* the kids mess up the computers. IIRC the
TT course actually expects the students to go messing
with MS Office internals in places.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
> Call me silly, but howabout he gets together with a few other schools (and
> Ian!) to create an Star/OOo equivalent. If he adds up the costs of MS
> Windows, Office and Publisher plus the outrageous charge by Thomas Telford
> (that created by public money should remain public!), he would easily be
> justified in retaining a student for a year under best value.
There is also the cost of the hardware to run this
software on, with the increased support requirments
for *when* the kids mess up the computers. IIRC the
TT course actually expects the students to go messing
with MS Office internals in places.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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