[Gllug] EDUCASHUN NEWS

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 13 Jun, Allen Wayne wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
   A few years ago a friend dragged me into a small discussion group at the
BETT education show. One of the teachers present had discovered that she had
just been chosen to run her school's IT department, so had gone along to the
exhibition to find out what it was all about. I would hope that things may
have improved by now.

-- 
Chris Bell


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