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Subject: [kde-edu]: iTALC
From: Ben Crawford <crawford_ben () yahoo ! ca>
Date: 2008-03-23 22:16:31
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Hello All
**Warning this applies to the iTALC version we tested - either 1.0.2 or 1.0.3.**
A while back I stumbled across a nice little program called iTALC. I am aware that \
iTALC is not part of kde-edu, but there has been discussions here about it in the \
past. Sometime back in 2007 I mentioned that our school was looking at this as an \
alternative to expensive proprietary software.
I finally convinced our network technician, near the end of last year, to install it \
on a few test machines to see how it would all work out. In the end the decision was \
made not to go ahead with iTALC as an alternative to proprietary software. This \
disappointed me a great deal because I feel that the issues, see below, were not \
strictly iTALC related and with a bit of time and trouble shooting most if not all \
issues could have been resolved.
Some of the issues that were encountered:
(Note: These issues did not occur before installation of iTALC)
* random logoff
* iTALC service not running (on startup)
* an error occurred while reconnecting to Z:. The local device name is already in \
use. This connection has not been restored.
* No configuration file found (on startup)
I also offer some more information about what we were running. As mentioned this \
install took place last year and as a result this is for an old version of iTALC \
(either version 1.0.2 or 1.0.3). We are running this on a windows xp network. For \
ease of installation all the configuration files were on a mapped network drive.
The latest version of iTALC is 1.0.7. I would love to give this a try and work a \
little more with our network technician to see if it is at all possible to iron \
things out. However, convincing people to even try Open Source Software has been \
like pulling teeth! Does anyone have any ideas on how I might persuade the powers \
that be to test things out again?
Cheers,
Ben
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All<br><br>**Warning this applies to the iTALC version we tested - either 1.0.2 or \
1.0.3.**<br><br>A while back I stumbled across a nice little program called \
iTALC. I am aware that iTALC is not part of kde-edu, but there has been \
discussions here about it in the past. Sometime back in 2007 I mentioned that \
our school was looking at this as an alternative to expensive proprietary \
software.<br><br>I finally convinced our network technician, near the end of last \
year, to install it on a few test machines to see how it would all work out. In \
the end the decision was made not to go ahead with iTALC as an alternative to \
proprietary software. This disappointed me a great deal because I feel that the \
issues, see below, were not strictly iTALC related and with a bit of time and \
trouble shooting most if not all issues could have been resolved.<br><br>Some of the \
issues that were encountered:<br>(Note: These issues did not occur before \
installation of iTALC)<br>* random logoff<br>* iTALC service not running (on \
startup)<br>* an error occurred while reconnecting to Z:. The local device name is \
already in use. This connection has not been restored.<br>* No configuration \
file found (on startup)<br><br>I also offer some more information about what we were \
running. As mentioned this install took place last year and as a result this is \
for an old version of iTALC (either version 1.0.2 or 1.0.3). We are running \
this on a windows xp network. For ease of installation all the configuration \
files were on a mapped network drive.<br><br>The latest version of iTALC is \
1.0.7. I would love to give this a try and work a little more with our network \
technician to see if it is at all possible to iron things out. However, \
convincing people to even try Open Source Software has been like pulling teeth! \
Does anyone have any ideas on how I might persuade the powers that be to test things \
out again?<br><br>Cheers,<br>Ben<br><br></div></div><br> <hr size=1>Instant message \
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