Re: [seul-edu] RE: [why schools don't adopt OSS]

["Jay Sun" <js9s@lycos.com>]

That is so true. The few tech people school have are overloaded as well. For a school of a thousand student, they got only one tech "director", nice title, but poor pay and a lot of work. If they are lucky, they got some 17,18 year old that reaches "guru" level, and that helped a little. The time for training and "recharging" is close to null.  

However, schools waste fair amount of money at same time, especially at district administrative level in public schools. you are right that schools use other people's money, so there are a lot of things that are purely political, and the OSS just don't make much sense in those situations.

J.

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On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 22:18:06  
 Ms.G wrote:
>Alan Chen wrote:
>> I think lack of a large pool of
>> UNIX/Linux ready admins is one of the real concerns that schools have
>> in going with an open source solution.
>
>In the schools I've observed, they've paid abysmally, had no idea what
>qualif's were needed, and had to compete with the tech industry for
>applicants.  At least one of those parameters has changed...
>
>Calling all unemployed gurus: get yer applications into the school districts
>(and public sector) now!
>
>Still, it is important at all times to remember: it's not their money.
>
>~ Ms.G
>@noitacudE.com
>"Turning Education around..."
>
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