itwire.com — While the rest of the world is shying away from Windows Vista and looking to deploy Linux across schools, the Victorian State Government in Australia is behaving like Microsoft's patsy by side-stepping competition and adopting Vista in schools, according to a leading local IT consultant.
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bilbusOct 25, 2007
ya because Microsoft is doing so bad. Other then red hat ... there is no direct support. Linux might have a chance if there were not 200 distros. I don't particularly like vista, but xp is a solid platform and is great for schools. All of the apps are written for it, you can run Linux and emulate a win32 environment .. but whats the point? Deploying applications on windows computers are a breeze, what is the Linux alternative to altaris or SMS? I would be interested hearing about a robust Linux software deployment package. Active directory is also a strong selling point, what other ldap product is built to directly support Linux? Edirectory is nice but that's the only one i know o that can compete with AD. Open LDAP is not as good from what i hear.
armoOct 25, 2007
I have to disagree, school's should be teaching how to use a wide variety of software rather than one particular package. That way new software is quick to learn and long term training costs are reduced. The school I work for has adopted a fairly mixed environment where the pupils have access to windows, os x and linux. MS Office and Open Office and results have improved hugely.
diggliveOct 26, 2007
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knownOct 26, 2007
Victoria State Government is trying to exploit its citizens ignorance.
fordsvt1Nov 1, 2007
I know that's the concern, but do you have proof or are you just assuming?