2009/2/9 Rob Myers <r...@robmyers.org>: > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Christopher Woods <chris...@infinitus.co.uk> > >> Transforming a Windows school to an Ubuntu school is nigh on impossible to >> achieve unless you provide a year's warning, gradually phase out use of all >> Windows-only software over the course of the year, implement the massive >> overhaul and platform transition during the holidays and then spend the next >> six months to a year supporting users when stuff goes wrong. Most schools >> simply cannot afford to provision those kinds of resources, so they stay put >> with what they have, > > And yet they will end up on a newer Microsoft operating system at some > point. ;-)
Right - if they really stayed put with what they have, then they'd still be using Acorns. Which probably taught kids more about computer science than the XP machines in use today ;-) So, rather than spending on the Windows 7 upgrade, better to invest in the switch to software freedom. WINE will take care of legacy proprietary educational applications for the short period where they get re-implemented as free software. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
