UK Schools Told to Dump Microsoft

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 8, 2005 @09:38PM from the reasonable-course-of-action dept.

kubla2000 writes "The current issue of the Times Educational Supplement is running an article in which they cite a report by the British Educational Communications and Technology Association telling primary and secondary schools in the UK to dump Microsoft Operating systems and products in order to save millions. In a report to be published next week, obtained by The TES, Becta will highlight schools which have turned to free software instead of the market leader's products. Becta does not name Microsoft in its analysis. But almost all schools use some of the company's products. Their conclusion? Schools running OSS are saving 24% on average per pc versus those running proprietary systems."

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Re:Does it all come down to money by CountBrass · 2005-05-08 21:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Their(sic) the ones learning
Hopefully one of the things they'll be learning is the difference between "their", "there" and "they're"!

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Wonderful Whitebox Enterprise Linux News by wbel_pimp3 · 2005-05-09 00:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

NOTE: I am not a troll, off topic perhaps, but this is good news.
Seems the owner of the whiteboxlinux.net and whiteboxlinux.com domains has decided to offer them on ebay as a peace offering between wbel and himself.

This is really great news so lets hope someone with WBEL enthusiasm steps up to build a respectable community site.