[DUG] Delphi on Linux

Todd Martin toddm at kol.co.nz
Fri Aug 11 13:09:51 NZST 2006


Hi Wayne

I read in the Herald this week that the govt is trundling out some $4.8m 
software tracking school enrollment/attendance. Do you get to use that? Mind 
you, do they have truancy at your school?

Todd.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Roser" <rr at kristin.school.nz>
To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at ns3.123.co.nz>
Cc: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at ns3.123.co.nz>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi on Linux


> Todd
> It's huge mate (or is that "I.T.s huge, mate") - several hundred laptops 
> being trundled around the
> school by people who include rugby players. What can you expect?
> Using MUSAC software without the protection/assistance of TS. And I writes 
> plenty myselfs, I does
> (stuff like a program that emails staff their timetables if there've been 
> any changes and indicates
> what those changes are; 'nother one for their class lists; 'nother one to 
> email period 1 lists
> because of the absences system; 'nother one on the way for kids' 
> timetables; a reports program; and
> that's not all ...). Just wish I could do web pages and stuff like that. I 
> did _see_ a web page
> once.
> Wayne
>
> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <delphi at ns3.123.co.nz> on 
> Friday, 11 August 2006 at 12:10
> p.m. +0000 wrote:
>>You have an IT department at your school?
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Wayne Roser" <rr at kristin.school.nz>
>>To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at ns3.123.co.nz>
>>Cc: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at ns3.123.co.nz>
>>Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 10:06 AM
>>Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi on Linux
>>
>>
>>> Instead of compiling for Linux, our IT dept is trying to get a bunch of
>>> windows programs running on
>>> a linux server using WINE so that we can get free terminal services
>>> without buying the microsoft
>>> product. Some of the software is written in Delphi (by me) and some we 
>>> buy
>>> from elsewhere.
>>>
>>> Has anyone done this sort of thing?
>>>
>>> "Free" terminal services seems to be pretty labour expensive.
>>>
>>> This might be off-list. If so, please email me similarly. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Wayne Roser
>>> Kristin School
>>>
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