While it's very believable that Micro$oft would do such a thing (below), I
have my doubts that the headmaster is accurately reporting Ed Qld.'s contract
with them.
Though I'm not an expert, I have a little bit of experience with Micro$oft's
Campus Agreement. The agreements being made in the Windows NT days did not
contain any language excluding non-Windows operating environments.
>From a quick read of the pertinent documents that are available to me on the
Web, it appears to me that Ed Qld. standardized on Windows NT as an operating
environment several years ago (as I did for the systems I administered) and
wanted to ensure that any computer purchases made are compatible with that
platform (as I also did). You might recall that there were many products
which weren't NT compatible 'way back then.
Given NT's age, I would suggest that Ed Qld. might just possibly be looking
for ways to migrate to something newer. This might be an excellent time to
contact the Central Office, as your headmaster suggested, and inquire into
the exact nature of their Campus Agreement. They might be especially
receptive right now to an offer to set up an LTSP demo, or perhaps even a
pilot, for their inspection.
Ken Barber
--
"If there are degrees of evil, it is hard to say who is the more contemptible:
the brute who assumes the right to force the mind of others or the moral
degenerate who grants to others the right to force his mind."
--Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged"
On Monday 03 June 2002 01:29 am, Derek Zoolander wrote:
> Unfortunately we don't have software freedom in our schools in
> Australia, I offered to set up Linux servers using LTSP (for free) to my
> kid's primary School in Queensland, Australia. Below is the response
> from the headmaster and my response to him
>
> > Hello John,
> > Thank you for your letter of 28 May regarding the possibilities of
> using
> > Linux in our new technology hub.
> > While it sounds very interesting, I need to inform you that we are
> bound by
> > Education Queensland's policies on this issue. That means we need to
> abide
> > by the User Agreement that Ed Qld. has signed with Microsoft to use
> standard
> > Operating Systems - Windows N.T 4 - in all schools.
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