Re: [seul-edu] School count

[missa@usol.com]

Price depends on the Linux consulting company.  Also, you would need to
have a Windows consultant come into to set everything up anyways, plus
the cost of licensing fees, software, etc. This isn't a home lan we're
talking about, this has to be a professionally installed network,
whether it be Linux or Windows.

Melissa Johnson


> >The dangerous part for  Linux promotion is the beginning. If
> >a school uses Linux but things are not going smoothly it would
> >be easy to convert the school over to commercial software. Most
> >schools care more about computers working than they do about
> >using free software or commercial software. While it is true
> >that the free software is obviously cheaper it is not always true
> >that setting up a system is cheaper. I know several places here
> >and in the US where the cost of setting up a school system would
> >be just as expensive as commercial software due to the high price
> >that Linux consultants charge.
> >
> 
> I would say this depends.  In most areas, you can find a LUG
(relatively
> close by) that is willing to do such work for free, instead of going
to a
> "consultant".
> 
> Michael
> 
> --
> Michael Viron
> Database Administrator / Web Statistician
> Simple End User Linux
>