<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">interesting Article , just has to repost this comment here<br><br>*************************************<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>irony<span><div class="itemcomment"><div class="post">
Its it ironic how the "open university" won't use "open source".
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<br>thank god open university degrees aren't worth the paper they are written on, otherwise I would be deeply disappointed.
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<br>As it is I am just mildly amused at their lack of foresight.<br>
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posted by : 99flake, 11 November 2008
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<h4>********************<br></h4></div></div></span><br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 14/11/08, gordon dunlop <i><astrozubenel@googlemail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: gordon dunlop <astrozubenel@googlemail.com><br>Subject: [dundee] The Open University and Open Source<br>To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>Date: Friday, 14 November, 2008, 5:07 PM<br><br><pre>There seems to be a bit of conflict between the Open University and<br>the UK's Open Source Consortium on the use of open source software, a<br>bit of a boxing match (ouch):<br><br>http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/11/university-challenged-ditch<br><br>Gordon<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk
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