Re: [Sheflug] Re: Linux in Schools (was: Partitioning)

[Steve Tickle <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 13:52 25/10/01 +0000, Richard Ibbotson wrote:

>That's not what we've seen.  Even if you get PCs built for you with
>MS Windows specified they still have to come round and support the
>software.  With the greater frequency of support that MS products
>need - even Win 2000 crashes a lot but not with a blue screen - then
>you end up paying more for MS installations due to increased demands
>for support.  As our friend in Rotherham said that other day ... he's
>installed Linux and he's a bit bored with it because it just keeps on
>working instead of crashing or just vapourising away off the HD
>without warning .

Again I agree with you Richard. The fact that it's perceived that Linux 
needs more support will allow companies to weight their prices accordingly 
though, irrespective of whether the support is actually necessary or 
provided. I just wish that more support was forthcoming from the LEAs but 
it's my guess that many of their ICT people know little or nothing about 
Linux and are therefore unwilling to promote it to the schools... just one 
more case of being afraid of the dark.


Steve

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