[nzlug] open source in NZ schools

[Andrew Farago]

Good morning,
I am working in a school and the situation is not good.
The school administration applications (MUSAC) has only windows  
versions.
On the desktop/office side you have the compatibility issues (M$  
document formats).
On the teaching side most of the teachers has "one" favorite  
application which has no acceptable OSS alternative or the teachers  
do not want to learn/use something else.
Our support companies do not support any kind of Linux or other OSS  
solutions and I think it is true about the other companies as well.
The Active Directory is not the best but the user management can be a  
hell on Linux/BSD with 1500+ users.

Linux can be a very good alternative on the server side (web, mail,  
firewall, proxy) and maybe every school has at least one Linux server.

Andrew

On 31/01/2007, at 8:18 AM, Hilton Theunissen wrote:

> Greetings from SA
>
> I am keen to hear if open source is widely used in Nz schools?  
> anybody out there working in this sector?
> -- 
> Hilton
> E-mail: hilton at inkululeko.co.za
> http://www.tuxlab.org.za
>
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