From: Derek Harding <hardingd@warlingham.surrey.sch.uk> To: Alan Harris <alanh@bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch.uk>; Ian Lynch <ianlynch@zmsl.com> Cc: Frank Shute <shute@esperance.demon.co.uk>; Schools List <suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com> Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] software in schools/piracy Date: 11 July 2001 09:57

Here, here about school/educational software on opensource. I've just been told that my proposed terminal server setup won't get the go ahead unless I can prove the educational, not financial, viability!

Strangely, it has been suggested that we are not going to go over to Linux "Because it's not industry standard." <expletives may be implied here> - plus the problems arising from incompatibilities with pupils' home systems (accepted, but only just). Privately, I believe that at least part of the problem is academic staff inability to accept change beyond that which is known. <chorus - Four legs good, Two legs bad.> I have been able to resolve many of the problems pertaining to user applications for teaching/study use. The remaining flaws are easily solved with a small number of library systems (running the awful software the other departments demand of us ;) <Puts on asbestos long-johns> Regards, Paul Paul Ellison ICT Manager Edgehill College Opinions expressed are those of the correspondent, and may not reflect the official policy of Edgehill College.