Bob George wrote: > > It's primarily an issue for building standardized > images to allow new systems of varying type and > vintage to be added.
I agree that, if you have 30 computers with differing specifications, it can be a big job to turn them all into X terminals. Different video cards, different monitors, different mouse ports. However, most schools that I have had contact with have networks of very similar (or identical) computers. Installing/configuring X on such networks is much easier. Once the main network (typically based on early Pentiums) has been upgraded, any old 386s and 486s (gathering dust in various classrooms and storerooms around the school) can be added. These will be more difficult to configure and will probably provide somewhat less functionality; however, for many schools the benefits of the extra workstations on the network will make it worthwhile. > For the larger school systems though, Microsoft > usually shows up and "gives" them loads of software. I suspect that sometimes educational institutions flirt with open source in order to trigger such a response from Microsoft. Cheers, Steven To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
