Acorn people wanted
Paul Ashmore
them as well ?
If so we are looking for you.
It would help if you had some knowledge in PCs, Windows 95/98, and NT as
well.
If so email me: pash...@rmplc.net
Research Machines plc
183 Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxon
OX14 4SE
01235 823603
Rob Hemmings
Out of curiosity, why do RM want Acorn skills?
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John Pugh
Rob Hemmings <rhem...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <7487v1$fh8$2...@panther.rmplc.co.uk>, "Paul Ashmore"
> <pash...@rmplc.net> wrote:
>
> > Are you competant in Acorn computers, and have good networking knowledge
> > of them as well ?
>
> > If so we are looking for you.
>
> > It would help if you had some knowledge in PCs, Windows 95/98, and NT as
> > well.
>
> > If so email me: pash...@rmplc.net
>
> > Research Machines plc
> > 183 Milton Park
> > Abingdon
> > Oxon
> > OX14 4SE
> > 01235 823603
> Out of curiosity, why do RM want Acorn skills?
I would guess it is all to do with the Lottery funded training that starts
next year.
RM, together with the OU (Open Univ) are bidding to become approved
trainers of teachers and librarians in their use of ICT in the
classroom/library.
They will require the skills of people who can support a variety of
platforms.
John
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Martin Longley
Rob Hemmings <rhem...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <7487v1$fh8$2...@panther.rmplc.co.uk>, "Paul Ashmore"
> <pash...@rmplc.net> wrote:
>
> > Are you competant in Acorn computers, and have good networking knowledge
> > of them as well ?
>
> > If so we are looking for you.
>
> > It would help if you had some knowledge in PCs, Windows 95/98, and NT as
> > well.
>
> > If so email me: pash...@rmplc.net
>
> > Research Machines plc
> > 183 Milton Park
> > Abingdon
> > Oxon
> > OX14 4SE
> > 01235 823603
> Out of curiosity, why do RM want Acorn skills?
I emailed a reply to see what response I got:
>This position is just not for Acorn support, this will only take up about
>20% - 30% of your time. You will be full trained on RM Connect, which is a
>NT4 based server with either Win95 or Win 98 stations, and Acorns connecting
>to the NT server. There will be training on other Microsoft products in time.
>As we all can see via the press, Acorn are losing the battle compared to RM,
>and RM need people to support legacy machines for a quite a time yet.
>If you are still interested in this position, can you email me a CV to pass
>on to my boss.
Every time I have heard RM addressing schools/teachers over the last 5 years
they have been telling them:
a) buy RM because it's industry standard
b) Acorn/Xemplar are going broke
If you say something often enough, people believe it to be true.
What is interesting is that they say "Acorn are losing the battle compared to
RM" - so they believe there is still life left in Acorn/RISC OS
and
they acknowledge that "RM need people to support legacy machines for a quite a
time yet" - in other words the Acorn machines will outlast the RM machines
which schools I know of are finding have a life span of 3-4 years (not build
quality - just go out of date).
PS As well as a spelling problem: "competant", RM seem to have a grammar
problem " is just not for Acorn support". I presume they mean 'not just' -
otherwise the position is 'not for Acorn support'.
Remember - this is the company who sell themselves as an educational IT
provider.
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Martin Longley
John Pugh <jo...@johnpugh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <na.eaa93b48af....@argonet.co.uk>,
> Rob Hemmings <rhem...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, why do RM want Acorn skills?
> I would guess it is all to do with the Lottery funded training that starts
> next year.
> RM, together with the OU (Open Univ) are bidding to become approved
> trainers of teachers and librarians in their use of ICT in the
> classroom/library.
> They will require the skills of people who can support a variety of
> platforms.
The Lottery training is about using ICT to support learning - it should be
platform independent. More likely it's for supporting schools who are spending
NGfL thousands on RM kit.
Some schools would like to spend their money on Acorn kit but some Silly B
decided to stop development, therefore making it very difficult for schools to
make that decision.
Acorn would probably have made more money in this year than the last 2 or 3
combined if there was any confidence in the platform. Just shows - accountants
know nothing about making money, only about saving it.
Bitter? Who me?
You bet
Martin Longley
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Paul Vigay
<URL:mailto:Mar...@lexiconlifeline.co.uk> wrote:
> Acorn would probably have made more money in this year than the last 2 or 3
> combined if there was any confidence in the platform. Just shows -
> accountants know nothing about making money, only about saving it.
Nah! Accountants don't know anything about saving money either - just losing
it. They have no future vision sadly!
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Paul Vigay
<URL:mailto:s...@holsoft.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> The pressure on IT Coordinators to conform with current orthodoxies is
> huge.
Don't I know it. I've had an uphill struggle here to keep the Acorn platform.
Luckily the PCs are so unreliable that they've actually been helping me to
win the argument. We've had over 300 Acorn computers for years, all working
reliably, yet we've around 50 PC machines of which about 15 have failed since
the summer holiday (yes, last summer, ie a couple of months ago. They haven't
even survived 1 term) of course, I think it's quite funny, but unfortunately
many schools are too ignorant to think different and not to act like sheep.
> Many of us might regard it as ridiculous that an LEA should so ignore
> standard Internet conventions like this, but I'm afraid that some do. For
> many schools it is just too damned simple to take the line of least
> resistance and conform with what has been provided.
Like I've said before, people who control IT in schools are ignorant and know
nothing about IT.
> The accountants were right. They looked at the rate of sales over the last
> few years, the current rate of sales and all the market projections and
> came to a decision. I would remind everyone that we are talking about
> desktops here. The situation regarding NCs is very different and the NC
> remains as a live and extremely viable option for any school that wishes to
> retain RISC OS capability as well as the ability to run PC software if so
> wished.
Yeah, but if people don't see the point of developing Acorn software it will
slowly die anyway. Therefore we need to make sure that schools etc are aware
of RISC OS and are buying RISC OS machines and realising that Windows is
dying.
> I'm not bitter. Just sad at the passing of an era......
I won't be happy until Microsoft are completely dead! The fight has only just
begun....
Paul Vigay
<URL:mailto:Mar...@lexiconlifeline.co.uk> wrote:
> Every time I have heard RM addressing schools/teachers over the last 5
> years they have been telling them:
>a) buy RM because it's industry standard
>b) Acorn/Xemplar are going broke
Yeah, but didn't you know. Acorn are the industry standard and RM called the
receivers in last Friday.
...if other people can lie, then so can we.
> If you say something often enough, people believe it to be true.
Yeah, but RM wouldn't know the meaning of the words 'Industry standard'
anyway. Their machines are about as industry standard as an Amstrad CPC!
George Hawes
>In article <7487v1$fh8$2...@panther.rmplc.co.uk>, "Paul Ashmore"
><pash...@rmplc.net> wrote:
>
>> Are you competant in Acorn computers, and have good networking knowledge
>> of them as well ?
Yes . .
>> It would help if you had some knowledge in PCs, Windows 95/98, and NT as
>> well.
Yes . .
>Out of curiosity, why do RM want Acorn skills?
Well I did try out a web site where I requested
training/consultancy on Acorn networking and RM were one of the
many unlikely answers it turned up . . .
G.
James Jeffrey
Paul Ashmore wrote:
> Are you competant in Acorn computers, and have good networking knowledge of
> them as well ?
Yes. 5 years.
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> If so we are looking for you.
>
Are you sure?
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> It would help if you had some knowledge in PCs, Windows 95/98, and NT as
> well.
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7 years.
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> If so email me: pash...@rmplc.net
>
> Research Machines plc
> 183 Milton Park
> Abingdon
> Oxon
> OX14 4SE
> 01235 823603
>
>
I prefer UNIX/Linux, any call for that? Would you consider taking a year in
industry student (this is what I am doing next year, hopefully).
Yours,
James J.