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On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 12:29 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: > I think if there was a proper alternative to capitas SIMS school > management system that ran on say Linux / mac and Windwows, then it > could seriously allow schools to dictate to microsoft and other > suppliers (as in customer to supplier), so MS could be told, we don't > like these terms, sort it or else. > > I am not sure how much SIMS costs, but i don't think its cheap, and > schools are usually forced to upgrade the whole package to get one new > feature, which is designed to help comply with more central paperwork > and rules. > > Of course any solution needs to have proper technical support, and be > backed up by someone in the same way as ubuntu is backed by canonical. Sirius? have they not got themselves on to a list or were they declined? James > -- james kilty http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html