hiyas, sorry I have not been to active of late, life is a little hectic. but I do recall a discussion about the software schools use.
In america or canada they can use http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/index.html which is a pretty awesome suite of apps. The only problem being it is not available to UK. Well, after much digging, it may well be :) (02:17:59) d.W.b: I have some good news for your friend Daniel from Austria (02:18:53) PhillW: good news would be nice :) Been one of those sort of days :/ (02:19:02) d.W.b: Oh boy :-( (02:20:28) d.W.b: Well, I found out about that school. They can apply for a Google App Edu edition. All they need to do is file a 504(c)55.3-Edu with the Department of Education and thus able to apply for the Google App Edu :-) (02:20:40) d.W.b: A little loophole... due to student exchange programs :-P (02:21:06) d.W.b: The filing fee is free (02:21:29) PhillW: I do so love it when a plan comes together. Thank you ever so much for finding that out (02:21:38) d.W.b: You have Jay to think for this... he was using the laptop when he discovered the loophole (02:21:43) d.W.b: thank* (02:22:03) PhillW: I'll thank him. (02:23:23) d.W.b: We were both talking about it and he brought up that a lot of colleges in other nations are able to get the .edu TLD. I asked how it was possible as .mil .gov and .edu are for US only. He told me if it's US-based-registered they can bypass it (02:24:00) d.W.b: Thus he discovered the school could also apply for US status since we accept Austrians as student exchange. If anyone wishes me to pursue this for a UK school / college etc., I would be happy to do so. As for Jay, well he is top of class at his University averaging 97% on exams. Two of the 'upstream' teams are now going to be using http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/ from a different university, there does seem to be a F/OSS option available for schools. Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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