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

[Weirdo]

That is one of the programs I forgot about. Currently the main aim is to 
try and get the student labs running more opensource and saving the school 
money for better computers (and a better network with better OSX support)
I will look into the maza issue.
Thanks
Tim

At 17:08 12/11/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>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                  |                                       |
> > * * * Add As you Wish
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