Ok... State of play: Hobarte - project had a great deal of success in the initial stages, specifically the e-reg solution, which is the best I've seen. Because of failures to hit deadlines, the project has been curtailed, with development refocussed on... ILP (or Owl)- Individual Learning Plans: a Pathfinders funded project using Twisted and Python to deliver online ILPs; starting with year 8 and 9, with a small pilot with year 12. This will eventually replace Records of Achievement as the output of the Progress Files. See http://ilp-dev.centralmanclc.com to see how it's getting on. CPDM-Primary (or Tigger) - Curriculum Performance Data Management for primary schools; a way for teachers and managers to easily see progression and areas to focus on for schools, classes and individual children. See http://tigger.centralmanclc.com - no test account yet but soon. (yet to be named (or Rabbit) - a pupil behaviour tracking system adapted from HelpMeICT (PHP/PostgreSQL), our web based helpdesk. Still in progress, but to get an idea of how it would work, have a go with the helpdesk: http://helpdesk.centralmanclc.com (about to go to version 0.85 - login as client2/client2). All the above are GPLed, with the education focussed solutions part of the Piglet And Friends project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pigletnfriends/ and HelpMeICT with its own project page. It's hoped/intended that eventually all the modules described above will be interoperable with SchoolTool, a funded open source project working on a generic school management solution, based on Twisted/Python. See http://schooltool.org/ (rolling pretty quick at the moment with a team of fulltime developers plus community volunteers). Any questions, let me know. Regards Chris -----Original Message----- From: s-clarob@st-aidans.cumbria.sch.uk To: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Sent: 10/21/03 1:11 PM Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] SIMS free Ok, I know this has been covered b4 but I can't find the list archives, So... What projects are out there to replace SIMS as the MIS? using linux Cheers Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com