• mean_bean279@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    SMART still has a bit of market control (last I looked they made up like 10% of IFP market), but they basically cost a fortune to buy (beyond competition) and then they still have a subscription on top of that.

    I was a SysAdmin for K-12 so I pushed a lot of device agnostic stuff since I didn’t want more to manage. SMART was basically a major pain since users always wanted their old software installed. It was horrible, and it often required more than just app deployment through SCCM.

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      8 months ago

      Officials with Alberta Education confirmed they finalized the purchase of the SMART Technologies building this month, but that the lease with Kids & Company had been terminated before then. “The purchase of the SMART Technologies building by the Government of Alberta was finalized in April 2023.

      They were on the university grounds, so I don’t know where their office is now.