Re: Re: Open Source pr Propriety

"Mark Evans" wrote:

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 09:16:48PM +0000, Colin McQueen wrote:

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thing to do. Its a matter of patience, eating the elephant a bite at a time and not giving up because the task seems impossible.

I agree with this. Its important to not come across as a raving evangelist or people will be scared off. Value the work people in

Unless you are either a) an LEA advisor b) evangelising some proprietary product c) both

I'm not sure what you mean here? Are you saying an LEA advisor should never advise using a proprietary product? Also if LEA advisors are so powerful I suggest that that's where the targetting has to be then. Are there any other LEA advisors on this list besides me?

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schools are doing with all their fears and despite that they may supporting a different system, that you may have a negative view on.

People actually working in schools often have little or no voice when it comes to LEAs and especially RBC.

Possibly true but that's not my experience. I felt I was heard. Our school was used as a testing ground by the LEA regarding access through their firewall for example. Groups of ICT teachers in our LEA are put onto panells to work with the LEA ICT staff to discuss issues. Of course decisions are not made for the LEA by the teachers. -- Colin McQueen