[Gllug] EDUCASHUN NEWS

[Allen Wayne]

As I currently work in a school part time with around 40 RM based machines
the fact that RM do 'everything' is a bonus for a school. It breaks, (either
software or hardware) they call RM and out they come. I'd love to run Linux
on the server, but until school budgets cover the manpower required not just
for install, maintainance but also user training etc etc it just aint going
to happen. Use voulenteers I hear you say... Well that's all well and good
but not all schools are going to be able to call in a voulenteer at 9am on a
Monday morning when 'the printer is broke'. (and then it turns out to be
there is no paper in the printer!)


Wayne


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Bell [mailto:chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk] 
Sent: 12 June 2003 12:23
To: GLLUG List
Subject: Re: [Gllug] EDUCASHUN NEWS


On Thu 12 Jun, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> 
> Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> > Who is RM?
> > 
> Research Machines
> 
> http://www.rm.com/
> 
> On the FUD question, what arguments were used as FUD?
> 
> Cheers
> Xander
> 
> 
   I was told that they arrange an extremely restrictive long term contract
which prevents the school from doing anything, and they soon find out to
their great cost that the system is very easy to break. From then on it is
once bitten, twice shy.

-- 
Chris Bell


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