Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] software in schools/piracy
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From: Derek Harding
To: Alan Harris ; Ian Lynch Cc: Frank Shute ; Schools List 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.
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