[Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software

[Roland Gesthuizen]

It will save schools spending thousands. The reality is that there is no
free lunch, the tax payer still pays. I guess that we should be mindful and
respectful of this. Statewide software purchases could just as easily work
by tagging the grants and allowing local users to choose.

Please, I don't want to rain on the party but I am forever suspicious of
when peter may be pinched to pay for paul. The economics of supply and
demand is quirky with software. Double the sales does not really double the
supply costs. It is more about market share and placement, a battleground
that should never eclipse good teaching and great schooling.

Regards Roland

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>wrote:

> But the new image will contain Adobe CS5!  That's the nifty bit; it will
> save us thousands.
>
> On 6 October 2010 09:24, Mann, Warrick D <
> Mann.Warrick.D at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
>> I believe we edit the edustar image to get what we want out of it add
>> drivers etc and add Adobe CS3
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Warrick
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
>> itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Hutchison, Geoffrey G
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 6 October 2010 12:07 AM
>>
>> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software
>>
>>
>>
>> Not so great.
>>
>>
>>
>> Our experience is that the eduSTAR image is only good for Lenovo laptops.
>> Installing on other machines, notebook or desktop, has resulted in
>> configuration problems = unstable.
>>
>>
>>
>> We continue to build our own images; I have yet to find a DEECD image that
>> is acceptable/stable/functional.
>>
>>
>>
>> Doubt it will change. L
>>
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Geoff Hutchison,
>>
>> IT Manager/Coordinator,
>>
>> McGuire College,
>>
>> Shepparton, Vic
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
>> itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark KELLY
>> *Sent:* Monday, 4 October 2010 3:23 PM
>> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>> *Subject:* [Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Free software
>>
>>
>>
>> My techie discovered this interesting link
>>
>> http://wiki.doe.wan/index.php/Purchasing_Software_for_Schools
>>
>> which says DEECD schools will be getting Adobe CS5 for free soon on the
>> Edustar Win7 version 3a image.
>>
>> Goodo!
>>
>> --
>> Mark Kelly
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>> McKinnon Secondary College
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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