On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 10:16 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
 My local Primary school is currently paying large sums to RM and MS
for
 their ICT setup, along with all the restrictive practices that RM seem to
 operate by.
 
 I was talking to the Head this morning, and it seems he might be amenable to
 looking at Open Source as a replacement, particularly as the school is quite
 small and doesn't have an actual ICT budget at all.
 
 What I was thinking was, are there any folks who might be able to
 voluntarily come along at some time in the future (I don't know when their
 MS licences are up for renewal) to do an evaluation of how, what and when
 and how much it might cost and the long-term cost savings?
 
 The lack of budget is a problem, as money for ICT is paid out of the general
 running expenses, and of course they don't have an ICT technician at all. 
Phil Oakley is probably your best bet. It's just the sort of thing he
does day-in, day-out. :)
http://www.outserve.co.uk
(Lot of good information for your head to read over there, too.)
Tom