how dumb is this idea?

[Tom Buskey]

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:50 PM, <r270 at mrt4.com> wrote:

> Tell the school about the RSA requiring open software and that they need
> to fix the problem. The IT folks there may not have the resources to fix it
> (they might not have a LINUX guy), so they will probably have


Any Windows guy should be able to install Libre Office if they could've
installed MS Office.  I've done a GPO for Libre Office installs too.

Oh, you're talking about replacing Windows!  I'd just throw LO on the
Windows box.

If they have a large desktop environment (> 15 desktops) where they have to
redo settings/logins and reinstall every year, Windows AD and GPOs are
really good.  Adding another package is little work once you have GPOs.

Meanwhile, Linux is getting puppet/chef/CFengine/bob's home grown scripts
combined with LDAP.  I wish it was as good as AD.

No, I'm not a windows fan, but I don't avoid it.  At my current $job, I'm
doing OpenStack which is working on the automation.  I'm just pointing out
that supporting lots of desktops is different then doing them for a family.





> to contract it out, but that shouldn't be a problem because any chance a
> school gets to spend more tax dollars, they jump on it.
>
> Ron
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> > Schools generally push acceptance and inclusion in all their other
> > activities, computing shouldn't be any different.   Fight the good fight
> ;-)
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