IONOS has been picked as a contractor, and the service would run inside data centers in Germany.
  • The contract, procured by public-sector cooperative govdigital eG, covers Berlin, ​Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and ​Rhineland-Palatinate, with other states able to join
  • Pricing ‌is ⁠structured in five tiers based on active users, ranging from up to 50,000 to more than 500,000. No school authority has to commit to a set volume up front, so each can begin with its current users and grow from there
  • The maximum value of ​the framework ​agreement is €67.5 ⁠million, according to the federal government’s official procurement portal
  • The solution is ​based on IONOS Nextcloud Workspace, combining ​file ⁠storage, document collaboration and communication tools, the companies said
  • The platform will run exclusively in ⁠German ​data centres on open-source ​technology, without non-European dependencies

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  • sakphul@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Having Nextcloud does not fulfill the actual needs of a school:

    • timetables/class schedules
    • provide information about homework
    • possibility to inform school that a child is sick
    • grades for the kid
    • chat platform per class and between kids, teachers and parents

    Nextcloud is for filesharing. But filesharing is not a priority need for a school. Yes, you can try to solve this via plugins and stuff. Bit this is just trying to bend something into shape that is not meant for the job.

    Better to use a different platform actually tailored to the use case. For example edupage. But edupage has lots to improve (e.g. using in in the browser on mobile is horrible and the UI is very cluttered).

    So I don’t see how this actually benefits a school.

    • datendefekt@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Two of our kids are at schools that use Nextcloud. It doesn’t address all problems, but it solves one big thing: homework. Kids have access to worksheets and handouts, can upload their stuff and have group folders for group work.

      The open source platform moodle, which is widely used by schools and unis, seamlessly integrates nextcloud.

      Your argument is like saying OneDrive doesn’t fulfill the need of business because it can’t do timesheeting.

  • UiUiUiUiUi@piefed.nlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Good thing it runs the best programming language ever Rust!

    “Sir most is still a legacy hodgepodge of PHP code”

    Russian hackers rejoice!