[Gllug] BETT

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 10 Jan, Martin Stevens wrote:
> 
> Well, I went to BETT on Wednesday, and whilst looking around was quite
> disgusted by the amount of Windows XP on display, the kit in the school
> that I work in will never be able to run XP.
> 
> However I did see a Mandrake installation on the Dell stand.
> 
> So for people on the list yes there is someone in secondary education
> who is on the Linux side, and I am planning on a pilot project of Open
> Office, this is going to be done sometime over the next term hopefully,
> and then I'll start on open source school domination.
> 
> Currently running at school:
> 
> Smoothwall
> Debain + Exim for smtp mail delivery.
> 2 Cobalt Qube's
> 
> I'm looking to move away from Novell, so it looks like some sort of
> Linux + Samba.
> 
> I'll keep you informed.
> 
> Budgester
> 
   I gather that many individuals working for public authorities are
carefully and quietly introducing Linux at work, worried that any problem
will cause the sky to fall in. In some cases the results delighted everyone,
and I have heard suggestions for a newsgroup specifically aimed at local
authorities. Perhaps something similar is required for education.

-- 
Chris Bell


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