Thursday, June 12, 2008

Re: Best Platform for a New School

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> 3. Plan on eliminating all servers. Difficult, if not impossible, but go
> in with the ideas that you don't need them. Instead, look for hosted
> solutions (ASP) for your needs. Most are designed to be accessed through a
> browser for most functions so the platform for the majority of your users is
> irrelevant. For the few power users that need a client instead of a browser,
> buy whatever the client supports. (Hosted may look like it costs more, but
> you don't need IT people with really deep skills--you need those with broad
> skills).
>

This is intriguing.

Any specific examples?

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