[plug] Moving School Apps To Open source; The start of A list

[Chris Caston]

One big app is Caz maze. The best way I can describe this is as ERP for
Schools.

A lot of schools use this and although the original version was
developed to run on UNIX is is now Windows only. The program has become
obfuscated over time and is becoming more and more difficult for Caz to
develop. Simple bug fixes can send them back through a rigorously
testing processes including testing all previous patches (again).

To this end they are now developing a new web based app called eMaze
that runs under .NET 

I don't know enough about it personally but perhaps it could run be
under Mono. From what I know about it if it's JIT and C# then perhaps it
will. Of course my knowledge of .NET is limited so I may be wrong. It is
just a possibility.

regards,

Chris Caston 

On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 16:07, Weirdo wrote:
> I thought seeing that some schools are now looking at open source that we 
> could set up some info to help them.
> What I was looking for was somewhere people can post the name of an 
> application that is being used and needs replacing by open source. It would 
> need to be a list with many opensource suggestions.
> Obviously I could code up some PHP that would dynamically do this but I 
> don't have the time.(if you have time and want to code it then feel free to.)
> Here is my list, please add to it and fill in the blanks to help me. (This 
> apps are for my school, feel free to add your own)
> Thanks,
> Tim
> p.s. We aren't trying to convert to Linux, that is coming in the future, we 
> are paving the way ;)
> App Name                        Alternatives
> -------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
> * The Killer App, MS Office     | OO                                    |
> * Corel Draw                    |                                       |
> * Frontpage                     |                                       |
> * IE                            | Mozilla Firebird                      |
> * Inspirations                  |                                       |
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