[Klug-general] Introduction

[Laurence Southon]

linuxgirlie wrote:

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> I am working on a project with my partner called Karoshi
> (www.karoshi.org.uk) 
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Welcome, from one who mainly lurks here!

Took a look at your karoshi.org.uk project.

It gladdens the heart to see OpenSource being used in education. My 
personal opinion is that not one penny of taxpayer's money should be 
spent on proprietary software while OpenSource alternatives exist. Even 
where TCO is marginal, it must be better to spend the money in the UK 
rather than give it to foreigners.

That said, some questions:

Puzzled as to why you are using proprietary software (albeit for free) 
for email, when there are OpenSource alternatives. Surely Cyrus would 
meet your needs? Add Postfix/Amavisd-new/Clamav and you have dealt with 
the AV on your ToDo list? At least for email.

Not quite clear what your backup strategy is. If you are backing up to 
another server on-site you run the risk of losing everything in the 
event of major catastrophe, eg fire or theft. If bandwidth is a problem 
then rsync or rdiff-backup would minimise this?

I notice Resource Allocation is on your ToDo list. Have you considered 
OpenGroupware? It can deal with this and integrates well with Cyrus and 
will give you shared calendar and contact database. It's almost out of 
beta. I've been running my business on a beta version for about 9 months 
now.

Regards,

Laurence Southon