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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Free school administration software - project has started
- From: "Mark Evans" <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 18:05:23 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20030505180511.GB7871@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 09:31:03AM -0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> Bruce Miller <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 'builds on your current investment in SIMS by working on current school
> > data'
>
> I think I have to quote directly from Eddie Bleasdale's talk at the recent
> conference:
> "You have not invested anything in IT. You have spent a lot of money
> and it won't come back."
It's marketing speak. Anyway a replacement system being able to use the
data from whatever it is replacing is a *requirment*. It's a primary
requirment, i.e. if it dosn't do this the whole exercise is utterly
pointless.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
> Bruce Miller <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 'builds on your current investment in SIMS by working on current school
> > data'
>
> I think I have to quote directly from Eddie Bleasdale's talk at the recent
> conference:
> "You have not invested anything in IT. You have spent a lot of money
> and it won't come back."
It's marketing speak. Anyway a replacement system being able to use the
data from whatever it is replacing is a *requirment*. It's a primary
requirment, i.e. if it dosn't do this the whole exercise is utterly
pointless.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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