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UK Schools Told to Dump Microsoft

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. first one by gamekeeper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wow am I the first post?? if so.. Darn Righton..! I am cool.

    1. Re:first one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      wow am I the first post??

      No, at best you would be the person who made the first post.

      At any rate, you didn't make the first post. So the answer to your question would be a definite, and emphatic "no".

      if so.. Darn Righton..! I am cool.

      As discussed earlier, you were not the person who made the first post. So you are in fact, by your own admission; not cool.

      You also have poor spelling and grammar, and have no place posting a comment on an article about education.

      You should be ashamed of yourself for being so pathetic and worthless as to try to get a "first post" at all, but even more so for failing so dismally to be first, amusing, or interesting.

      You are infantile and assinine, and I hope you find a pasttime that is more productive than trying to be the first person to post a comment on an internet message board.

  2. Re:Does it all come down to money by CountBrass · · 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"!
    --
    Bad analogies are like waxing a monkey with a rainbow.
  3. timothy on a roll tonight! by wan-fu · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    timothy's on a roll tonight! He had that Roland Piquepaille submission a few hours ago and now a dupe! Way to step it up timothy! If only the rest of the /. editors could reach these great standards. Oh, and I'm posting this at +2 (karma to burn and all) because people need to see that we must get rid of both Roland and timothy.

  4. Wonderful Whitebox Enterprise Linux News by wbel_pimp3 · · 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.