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Subject:    RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] School admin: Microsoft only?
From:       "k.williamson" <k.williamson () applemore ! hants ! sch ! uk>
Date:       2002-09-20 11:54:47
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>===== Original Message From Tim Pizey <timp@paneris.org> =====
>Grahame and all,
>
>I am experienced in collaborative, distributed development of software.
>
>I would be happy to host a CVS tree and development lists at
>http://www.paneris.org/
>
>I would propose writing the system using http://www.melati.org/
>(java) which is DB agnostic and works with MySQL, Postgresql and
>any other JDBC compliant db which implements transactions.
>
>I would have to rely on somone who has access to the existing system for
>requirements and data design, and I could not devote an enormous amount of
>time without being paid.
>
>Anyone else interested?
>
>cheers
>Tim Pizey
>

I think the idea is to start small. My personal prefence would be to use web
based applications, but that can get messy :(

>
>
>On Thursday 19 September 2002 14:30, Grahame Leon-Smith at Free Computers
>wrote:
>> If someone would like to develop a SIMS/CMIS equivalent in MySQL I would be
>> happy to market it to schools.
>>
>> Regards, Grahame
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>          Grahame Leon-Smith, Principal Consultant
>>            Tele-School Education Consultants
>>       Tel  01932-874067   Fax  01932-874068
>>    mailto:grahame.leon-smith@tele-school.org
>>        HAVE A LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE AT
>>          < http://www.tele-school.org>
>>       30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tim Pizey [mailto:timp@paneris.org]
>> Sent: 18 September 2002 17:54
>> To: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com
>> Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] School admin: Microsoft only?
>>
>> On Wednesday 18 September 2002 14:37, Gary Stainburn wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 18 Sep 2002 3:17 pm, Christopher Dawkins wrote:
>> > > > East Sussex are looking into CMIS, mainly driven by a group of
>> > > > interested schools who wish to move away from SIMS.
>> > >
>> > > We bought CMIS last year: it is definitely by far the best system there
>> > > is.
>> > >
>> > > (Against an extremely poor field, that is, and if you have oodles of
>> > > money. I reckon we've spent twice a long trying to adapt CMIS to our
>> > > needs than we would have spent writing a complete new system from
>>
>> scratch
>>
>> > > with MySQL)
>> >
>> > Just think how much money you could have saved if you'd used PostgreqSQL
>> > then.
>> >
>> > (Sorry, I couldn't help it, I'm that way out today)
>>
>> What is the spec of this system?
>> What are the chances of forming a purchasing group to fund my developing an
>> OS system?
>>
>> <plug>
>> Were I to address it I would use http://www.melati.org/, which is db
>> agnostic.
>> </plug>
>>
>> cheers
>> Tim Pizey
>>
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