ffs why would *anyopne* pay for linux licenses in this environment? And I
don't mean the delivered package, which obviously needs loads of
tailoring.

samba can't master AD domains, which means that at some point in the near
future the clients are going to have to change to linux, or there's going
to have to be M$ PDC somewhere. That's going to take loads of analysis ( a
word which seems to be totally alien to the M$ mindset ) and design to get
working, and is a project that *should* be government funded.

In the meantime, I reckon Craigs approach is probably the best... maybe
adding a publicity module to make the funding authorities more aware of
what linux is currently doing to improve the students lot, even when given
almost zero funding.

$0.02,

Steve

On Wed, September 7, 2005 10:50 am, Peter Glassenbury wrote:
> Licensing PAID by the govt (ministry of Education)
> (makes more sense if I type ALL the words :-)
>
> Peter Glassenbury wrote:
>
>> Supposedly there is now/will be soon a deal for linux in schools
>> very similar to the microsoft one. Based on Novell and SUSE
>> licensing by the govt.
>
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