back to article 'Eventful but positive' year for RM as it quits the PC-making world

Shape-shifting education supplier RM was in philosophical mood as it exited a biz-changing fiscal '13 with profits up and revenues down, impacted by fewer – but higher margin – Building Schools for the Future contracts. Turnover in the 12 months to 30 November fell nine per cent year-on-year to £261.7m (8.4 per cent excluding …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    So RM quit the only business they are known for. Smart idea.

  2. sorry, what?
    Unhappy

    Nostalgic RML 380 Z

    A big metal box with a lockable and illuminated power button and 5 1/4 inch floppy drive running some home grown games including missile command. Those were the days... None of this PC nonsense! Good riddence!

    1. PeteA

      Re: Nostalgic RML 380 Z

      5 1/4" drives? ? Late model... the first one I used had 8" disks

  3. Random Handle

    >The well-signalled decline in the BSF programme.......but was equally a valuable source of profit and cash

    I wonder if that's why the previous Labour Government's Schools' Minister responsible for BSF is now a Director of RM......probably just coincidence.

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Having seen first hand the massive pigs ear RM made of setting up a network for a BSF school I am not surprised in the slightest they are where they are at the moment.

    Said school will never work with RM again (and other 'RM assisted' schools I have spoken to have said the same)

  5. David Goadby

    Doomed

    Since the start they ripped off education establishments (ie took our money) by re-badging and slightly modifying off-the-shelf equipment and selling it at a huge profit. You couldn't just add a hard disk to an RM box; oh-no you need their branded version.

    Their networking sucked too.

    Despite brave noises I cannot see how RM can survive as they no longer have a captive customer base or any products the education really wants.

    On the downside a lot of local education authorities are now canning their school IT support departments as schools are doing it themselves.

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