> Could also be this crowd... http://www.learnmaths.com.au/nz.php
>From the context of the prose on the stuff web site, it would seem that the $6000 includes the hardware. Also the vendor's web site claims that the software package covers the whole of the NZ curriculum ( A claim which I find difficult to take on board ). If it's true, then $6000 could be compared to the cost of sending a child to school. For a privately run primary establishment the six grand figure would equate, very approximately, to 18 months, and a somewhat shorter time for the state school system. They are presumably aiming this software at situations where the cost will not be borne by the end user, but by a funding agency of some sort. I am merely pointing out that the cost of this software is not hugely outrageous. Compare that with what I believe to be correct when I say that Hagley paid between thirty and forty grand for a site licence for something similar. Please note very well that I'm not justifying or condoning the alleged actions of the vendor's agents in the particular situation reported by Stuff, or the acions of any other hawker or tinker. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
