RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Microsoft and Exam Boards and the OFT
Is the app that good? -----Original Message----- From: Gary Stainburn To: derek@lagham.uklinux.net; Richard Rothwell Cc: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Sent: 7/2/03 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Microsoft and Exam Boards and the OFT On Wednesday 02 Jul 2003 2:58 pm, Derek Harding wrote: [snip]
inexpertise in. ^^^^^^^^^^^
Love this, gonna remember that one. Just for the record, it's not just schools that have this problem. We're just in the process of upgrading 120 Win95 boxes to WinXP (hate it) just so that we can access a web based application. We have no choice, we have to do it to be able to access the service, and nothing below XP wil work (read nothing below XP will be supported cos they've got a very small and narrow-minded support desk and even more narrow minded development team). great eh? -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2003 3:50 pm, Chris Puttick wrote:
Is the app that good?
No! Unfortunately, the company has very good salespeople. (they managed to sell a system on which we are going to run our entire group of companies and they haven't even finished writing it yet) We have to dump our existing ISP's, go through them using BT IPStreams (a 1-to-1 contention DSL connection) and let them manage all services including email. Not only that, but after telling us that we can simply PORT our data providing we can produce suitable export programs, not a problem as the current system is in-house, they're now telling us that we're going to have to manually KEY in our entire vehicle stock data. AND.......(there he goes off on one again) Gets better all the time doesn't it?
-----Original Message----- From: Gary Stainburn To: derek@lagham.uklinux.net; Richard Rothwell Cc: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Sent: 7/2/03 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Microsoft and Exam Boards and the OFT
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2003 2:58 pm, Derek Harding wrote: [snip]
inexpertise in.
^^^^^^^^^^^
Love this, gonna remember that one.
Just for the record, it's not just schools that have this problem.
We're just in the process of upgrading 120 Win95 boxes to WinXP (hate it) just so that we can access a web based application.
We have no choice, we have to do it to be able to access the service, and nothing below XP wil work (read nothing below XP will be supported cos they've got a very small and narrow-minded support desk and even more narrow minded development team).
great eh?
-- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 04:15:56PM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2003 3:50 pm, Chris Puttick wrote:
Is the app that good?
No!
Unfortunately, the company has very good salespeople.
(they managed to sell a system on which we are going to run our entire group of companies and they haven't even finished writing it yet)
Is this one of these situations where open source would have been vetoed on the basis of being "untried and untested".
We have to dump our existing ISP's, go through them using BT IPStreams (a 1-to-1 contention DSL connection) and let them manage all services including email.
Not only that, but after telling us that we can simply PORT our data providing we can produce suitable export programs, not a problem as the current system is in-house, they're now telling us that we're going to have to manually KEY in our entire vehicle stock data.
Really stupid question: What will this new system do which the old system does not or cannot do? (Also will it do everything the old system does.) This is my thinking towards the new SIMS "SuperSTAR". -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763
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