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Re: [Sheflug] linux for schools?

Chris Johnson wrote:

Off the top of my head I said to the guy that I heard about


Sheffield's
company 'Hypercube Systems' and I am pretty sure I've read
some postings from
someone working for this company on this list.
Could you guys can come forward and I'll be able to share
more detailed info
if you are interested.
I can be contacted trough email (any time) or my office phone number
0114-2211826 (well that will better afternoon).
Thanks in advance,
Denis.



Greystones Primary School currently uses (IIRC) Spyderworks for their IT
provision.  You can find out more about Spyderworks and their Linux based
server for schools (Ednet) on their website
Chris,
I've seen this system spyderworks has developed in action and
was quite impressed. There are some other problems at the school
which haven't been addressed by this company.
I was hoping that more intensive deployment of open source solution could be offered. It's not about Ednet(which is exceptionally interesting software and it works!) as it is about general network infrastructure, replacing Windows machines to thin clients etc.
The state of the network performance and performance of the workstations
on this network is quite poor atm which is a big headache for everybody
who is using it. Not to mention the lack of support is quite depressing.
It's always better to keep all the options open.
Other alternative they are seriously considering there now is to move everything onto Windows.
So, it about time to give children some hope :)
Cheers,
Denis.

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