We look forward to making you all very happy. Very soon.

Chris

P.S. I love being obtuse/mysterious anyway, but there is a good reason this time...

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Johnson
To: SuSe
Sent: 1/25/02 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] CCM Facility

--- "Grainge,  Derek"
<DGG@wellington-college.berks.sch.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Or possibly even copy a bodge from something else
> and
> > move to expontial bodging.
>
> If you want to know about Bodging, look at Capita's
> Mentor and SIMS
> appications.  They are the creme de la creme of
> bodgers.  

Surely you're not refering to the SIMS software suite
that I have to deal with on a daily basis. A beautiful
and carefully constructed _mix_, taken from a variety
of computing eras. Friendly and 'improving' Herts ICT
support send me between five and seven network wide
updates a _year_ that keep me busy through my spare
time. I don't know what I would do with my time
without it.

It really is outrageously bad crap. Bloody stuff makes
my life a whole heap harder. The end user is forced to
endure system beeps from old DOS modules! And, as for
consistency of user interface through similar tasks -
what consistency. BUT, it is _so_ pushed by the LEA,
it would be a _very_ brave move to come away. I'm not
sure I'd have the expertise or the bottle to try. At
least when SIMS falls over, the LEA can't hassle me
for the PLASC data - because all the other schools are
in the same "it don't work" situation. There's some
safety in numbers - and the buck would otherwise stop
firmly at my feet.

BTW - the last SIMS upgrade screwed us quite badly. It
broke our network for a couple of hours as I
reinstalled a .dll that it corrupted that was needed
for our internet connection. Prior to the upgrade,
Herts helpdesk actually said

" Oh you may want to come in at a weeekend for this
one - some schools have had real trouble with it."

I fell over laughing. Then politely thanked them for
their advice.

--
Matt

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