Depending on their goals, then quite possibly buddypress, or just parts of moodle ( if they're maybe looking at putting course stuff online / storing results etc ) will do most of what is requested. Taking Nicks model of getting the clients ( well probably parents ) to do the tedious, time consuming data entry, then the cost should be far less than suggested so far.
My $0.02, Steve On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 18:36 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Quoting http://kexi-project.org/wiki/wikiview/index....@welcome.html > > > Kexi is Free/Libre/Open-Source Software. As a real member of the KDE > and Calligra Suite projects, Kexi integrates fluently into both. It is > designed to be fully usable also without KDE on Linux/Unix, Mac OS X > (with Fink) and MS Windows platforms. > > > So I suspect, and fear, that it might well run on windows, on the > other hand, knowing the nature of the beasts with which we are > dealing, it might well not. > > > But then taking your suggestion of using a browser to access the > database: A browser is a browser you know. So why does it matter as > far as the client is concerned what the underlaying o/s is? > > > > > On 5 November 2012 18:13, Nick Rout <nick.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Christopher Sawtell > <csawt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anybody used KDE/Calligra's Kexi for this kind of > thing? > > > > > > Does it run on windows? I am guessing these people will not > want to also get used to a new OS. > > > > On 5 November 2012 14:53, Zane Gilmore > <zaneli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Nick Rout > <nick.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Roy > Britten <roy.brit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > <snip> > A spreadsheet is capable of > producing reports, and if > there are only a few changes > for kid X then a cut and paste > from last term's spreadsheet > line to this term's is pretty > damn simple, and not really > time consuming at all. > > We all know spreadsheets are not > databases, despite the fact many > people use them as such, but is their > existing solution just being badly > managed? I cannot for the life of me > imagine why anyone would not just > print out a report from last term and > say "change anything that needs > updating and sign it" - then do a c&p > and make any necessary changes > > > These are really good points. Spreadsheets > could probably do the job but they require a > lot of discipline, a lot of patience and a lot > of technical expertise to make them work for a > job that could blow out in size and complexity > at any time. > > > They have a budget to > implement a "proper" solution > for tracking kids' > details. They've been quoted > five-figure sums for American > off-the-shelf solutions which > seems a bit much. > > > "Off the shelf" (read proprietary) solutions > aren't much better, they cost a huge sum just > for an installation and the you *still* need > to get it going for the business. If you pay > for an outfit to develop it from OS technology > stacks then you will save them money in the > long run. > > I reckon this list is a good > place to discuss suitable > OS/Linux > solutions. Go! I'll start > with: can OpenOffice (or > LibreOffice, or > whatever) be customised up to > support this sort of thing? > > > Open/Libre have database hooks - there > is a menu for LibreOffice Base in my > Linux Mint system. However I would > have thought a LAMP based system would > be a possible answer. > > > Using something like Rails,Django or Cake > someone should be able to put something > together reasonably quickly. > > > There are libraries for producing pdf > reports from databases or other data, > reportlab for example. > > Whether the costs of setting something > like that up and maintaining it is any > less than 5 figures, I don't know. > > > > To get someone who actually knows what is > required to do this will almost certainly cost > into the 5 figures. even if it is low 5 > figures. > From your description (disclaimer: I am > hazarding an educated guess from your > description) to write this shouldn't be much > more than a week or 2 of work but the main > thing is the maintenance and ongoing tweaks. > You will need to talk to an outfit who wants > this kind of work. Try talking to the guys at > Egressive ( http://egressive.com/ ) It's a > local Open Source development company. If they > don't want the job, they might be able to > point you at someone who does. > > > HTH, > Zane > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Zane Gilmore > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz > > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > > > > > -- > Sincerely, > Christopher Sawtell > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > > > > -- > Sincerely, > Christopher Sawtell > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: st...@greengecko.co.nz Skype: sholdowa
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