RE: [Sheflug] Re: MySQL

[Kevin Barrass <Kevin.barrass [at] xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > 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

I was hoping to atleast put linux on the server and leave MS on the desktops
with an X server to a buntch of Linux app server to give ppl a choice and
move ppl slowly and give teachers a chance to chatch up, I even had a school
Linux club as the students demanded linux so much.
Also have Internet Only PCs running Linux as MS with IE might have been
pointless and a wast of money.

Kev
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