On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 21:18, Dermot Mc Laughlin wrote:
k!
I just thought that this mailing list might be a good place to bounce ideas off people. I've done all the research regarding opensource software replacements for current software + checking out Wine compatibility for departments who are in love with their current packages -- all this has gone very favourably.
You might want to share some of this by joing the Schoolforge UK project. This information would be a useful thing to have on the website.
Now im looking at the really important part (as far as management is concerned), Costing!! Here I have hit an impass! There are so many solutions and distro's around.
Try contacting Dougal Gill at East HUll CLC his E-mail is
director@ehclc.com. They have a 120 station Linux thin client network
that they have been running for 2 years and he told me he saved 70 grand
by implementing it compared to other quotes in a competitive tendering.
Regards,
--
Ian Lynch