Re: [Sheflug] Re: MySQL

[Steve Tickle <s.tickle [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 19 February 2003 11:57 am, Antony Hawkins wrote:
>
> Quick! Get in there and keep them off Windows from the start!
> Ideal...
>
> Shame about the tech support though. I used to be a school tech,
> but the pay was lousy. Since I left, the (nameless) school in
> question has found it virtually impossible to find a decent tech to
> work for such a pittance.
>
> Good luck though - like anything, if you're brought up with it, you'll
> probably stick with it, or at least be aware that there's a world
> beyond MS!

One of the problems is that any IT training that the teachers get to go on is 
totally M$-centric (I almost put IT training in quotes). It's important to 
remember that teachers are teachers first and foremost and don't want to be 
SysAdmins. No one at the LEA has any concept of linux and that has to be 
their first port of call for support. Some of the more PC aware staff are 
reasonably comfortable with M$ tthrough use of their own PCs at home. I would 
be amazed if any of the staff at my school had ever had any real exposure to 
linux (and if they had, they probably wouldn't realise it).

It all means tthat it's very difficult for linux to get a foothold.

Steve
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