Re: [LM_NET] TARGET: best automation system for small schools

[Connie Parker <madamehooch@COMCAST.NET>]

Regardless of its cost, don't buy Athena by Sagebrush.  It's difficult to use and 
has faulty logic  (email me off list if you want to know why).  My suggestion is 
that you request demos from vendors and keep in mind their recommendations for 
which computer platform you use.  If they say something like, we built this on a PC 
and converted if for Macs, run if you have Macs.  The same is true if the vendor 
tells you the system was built on a Mac and rewritten for PCs.  The rewrite is 
never as good as the original program.


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Connie Parker
Media Specialist
Haigh and Nowlin Elem Schools
Dearborn, MI
madamehooch@comcast.net

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> Hi all,
>
> I'm starting to think about automation two months into my job at a small
> catholic high school. The plethora of choices seems pretty
> overwhelming, and we have a very small budget. This year it is $3000,
> but next year I'm hoping for more. Can you weigh in on the benefits of
> different companies and give me some idea of pricing? Right now I have
> an extremely out-of-date catalog so an automated system is very appealing!
>
> Thanks for any help you can give,
> Katie Voss
>
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