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Hello, I think that those companies that supply to primary schools, apart from doing MS Office and Photoshop, also do 'specialist' educational packages i.e. a kind of junior office with db, spreadsheet, word processor etc, a junior graphics package, a 'type in a word' and be corrected or have it spoken back to you package, and more. I am pretty sure that the networks put in by the people I now of, are only peer to peer. It does seem like quite a lot of money swilling about. It would be interesting to see the companies cost breakdown of the overall sum. If one were to target the server/network side, perhaps a secondary school where they have more PCs would be more interesting. I was discussing with a mate the possibilities of approaching Kevics in Totnes with a freebie offer, but first have to get to grips with samba.... Chris Edwards -----Original Message----- From: owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Hewson Sent: 11 December 2001 12:37 To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [LUG] Linux in Schools Hello, I have always wished I had time, energy and belief to get involved in this. I understand that 15 networked computers in a primary school, with NT and all the other M$ goodies along with proprietary network management software can set you back £18,000 - £28,000 on a five year lease. Admittedly, that does cover (some?) repairs if they are needed during the lease, and presumably software upgrades but still. As I don't have the bottle to remortage my house and attempt to start selling complete installations plus technician (me) for half that, does anyone know of any Install-Fests aimed at schools? This news item shows what's happening abroad:...... http://www.seul.org/edu/report59.html It's been hard to avoid the debate about the lack of sophistication of desktop office suites on Linux, but surely what's available is good and reliable enough for primary schools? Regards. Paul -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Paul Hewson, Postgraduate Statistics Student (part-time) School of Mathematical Sciences, Laver Building, University of Exeter, North Park Road, EXETER EX4 4QE, U.K. tel: +44 1392 382773 fax: +44 1392 382135 email: P.J.Hewson@xxxxxxxxxxxx -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.