Hi Dave, >> I picture the target market as an "open system" for sale into schools.
I suspect you'll find that scholls nowadays are all 'mainstream' in that they have a pile of PCs running Windows. They are, after all, training the 'yoof of today' to be able to work in the offices of today, or the next couple of years. The days of the BBC micro and QL etc in schools are sadly long gone. I'd say (off the top of my head) that it is about 90% Windows and 10% Linux - and because that is where most businesses are using, (not counting all the Unix servers out there !) then that is what the kids will be taught. I'd love to see the QL 'bounce back' but I'm afraid I'm very sceptical when ideas are put forward to get it going as a 'mainstream' computer. I'm sad to say that the QL - and its derivatives - are more than likely destined to remain a hobby. Sorry, but that's how I see it - disagreeable as it may be. Regards, Norman. (Ducking under the parapet again!) ------------------------------------- Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:Norman.Dunbar@;LFS.co.uk Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com ------------------------------------- This email is intended only for the use of the addressees named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not an addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in it, nor copy it, nor inform any person other than Lynx Financial Systems or the addressees of its existence or contents. If you have received this email and are not a named addressee, please delete it and notify the Lynx Financial Systems IT Department on 0113 2892990.
