[Gllug] London councils and Unix/Linux

[Jackson, Harry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jim at lateral.net [mailto:jim at lateral.net]
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know if anyone caught the bbc 10 oclock news last 
> night the gov
> unveiled it new plan for super IT schools and a school sent a tape in
> showing the state of there IT dept. Most distressing was the 
> room full of
> old PCs donated and bought that were just sitting there doing nothing
> bcause the school had no where to put them.  Volunteers anyone.

I would say that now days it is probably as much as a problem getting the
secure room as the Hardware. I would hate to build an IT suite to see it
half inched. I would have no qualms helping someone fit a room full of
hardware or helping provide it but I get extremely frustrated by the red
tape to get the stuff. My mate helped fit out his wife's school (she's a
teacher) and was lucky enough to have people interested in doing it. I know
its the children we are trying to help but as John has said if I got no
enthusiasm from the teachers quarter then I would be a bit disillusioned by
the whole "help the schools ethos".

Harry 


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