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Ditching Microsoft Could Save Education Millions
ElvenMonkey writes "The Times Education Supplement has published the results of a BECTA (British Educational Communications and Technology Association, the Government's ICT agency) study, to be published next week, into the TCO of using Microsoft products compared to using Open Source products. The report shows an average saving of 24% per computer in schools using Open Source over those using Microsoft systems. Now if only the government wasn't insistent on locking schools into using Microsoft in arguably illegal ways."
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I had a great time losing 50 pages of my thesis because Open Office crashed this afternoon. I guess thats why you don't use Beta's to write your thesis.
at least those who are taught on Microsoft software learn something useful, a marketable skill. In a world where HR departments dont speak (insert obligatory open source plug here), resumes listing skills with Word, Excel, Access, and FrontPage end up before the bosses. It is the old 95% of the market vs. 5% of the market arguement...