[LINK] Lenovo, Microsoft, Adobe win NSW schools contract

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

2009/4/2 Stilgherrian <stil at stilgherrian.com>:
> On 02/04/2009, at 10:13 AM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> that should be each tech looks after 500 computers - which is maybe
>> one or two
>> techs per school.
>
> That strikes me as an insanely small number of support staff. Only one
> tech per 500 computers? The number I always had in my head was one
> tech per 50 or 100 desktops in a corporate environment. Surely a
> school will be more hostile! Can anyone provide figures on current
> practice?

I suspect the majority of support will be to flash this machine back
to a virgin install if there are any issues.
Regards,
Michael Skeggs