On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 00:08, David Bowles wrote:
Can you help?
I'm working with a secondary school whose principal ICT infrastructure comprises some 200 networked workstations talking to three Xenon based servers.
Unfortunately this also runs RM's CC3 (Community-Connect Three) proprietary management software glued on top of Windows 2000 Server, which makes it sooooooo sloooooow ...to the point of being unusable at times.
Even worse the whole caboodle is supplied via a 'managed services' contract, which means the school has been almost powerless to get the system's dire performance problems fixed.
Well I've just heard they'll be freed from this contract in time for the new academic year in September. However the replacement they are being pushed towards is Windows 2003 Server ...unless of course 'yours truly' can persuade them otherwise.
Bolton Technical Innovation Centre just went to Linux servers and its one of the prestige government sites.
So I'd really appreciate your help persuading them Linux is a far better server option ...alas Linux on their workstations would be a step too far (at least for now ;-)
Fight battles you can win.
How you can help
Well to begin with I'm looking for some reference sites willing to share their experience, preferably secondary schools in the SW (Devon, Dorset or Somerset) running a Linux plus Samba based network.
Try St Dunstan's in Glastonbury, Callington Sports College on
Devon/Cornwall Border.
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Ian Lynch