I am a music teacher with a music computer lab to administer. I have
received two pieces of software that will be very useful to us but am
having trouble getting my IT folks to get them installed.

We have about 20 Win XP pro machines to set up that are part of a larger
network for a large school district. The new software will run as a
standalone on each machine if needed but to be the most effecient, it
needs to be installed on a server with Firebird.

I am asking my IT folks to use the teacher station at the front of the
class as the server for the machines in the classroom but they seem to
dislike that idea. They say it won't work with Win XP pro. They say that
a server version of WIN XP needs to be installed. They also say Firebird
needs a machine of its own; that it can't share a server with other
software.

I have the impression that either they don't know how or don't want to
bother with this but since I'm not well versed in setting up networks,
I'm looking for some information to help them figure this installation
out.


So,

1. Can Firebird be run on a standard WIN XP Pro machine or does it
need a server version of WIN XP?
2. Can a Firebird network be run on a classroom network within a
larger district-wide network?

I need to be able to ask intelligent questions and offer good solutions,
so any information anyone can offer is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

RGS



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