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  From: Jason Tan <jason@rebel.rebel.net.au>
  To  : <richardrussell@mail.com>
  Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:58:30 +0930 (CST)

RE: MS Curriculum at schools and TAFEs ...

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Richard Russell wrote:

> <snip>
> 
> > Or, how about if we came up with a Zero Administration Linux (MS was
> > using the "Zero Administration" buzzword a while back to sell it's stuff
> > to schools). It would be possible to have a distribution that asked very
> > few questions and locked itself down real tight. Then nobody would need
> > to spend much money. I mean it would be *Another* Linux distribution,
> > but if it served a purpose....
> 
> IMHO, the problem here is twofold:
> 
> 1) ongoing maintenance (new bugs, vulnarabilities, exploits, bitrot, etc)
> 2) ongoing changes (new projects, new requirements, etc)
> 
> You need a skilled person to track the state of Linux and the changing
> requirements, and then decide what to do, and implement the changes. It is
> simply not enough to set up a system, no matter how well, and leave it.
> 

At last a sentiment I can agree with 100%.

jason

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