[Malvern] BECTA suggests schools should prefer open source to M$

[Steve Cashmore]

Tony Sumner wrote:
> I wonder if there may not be a problem with schools switching to an OS
> operating system. I know someone who makes a living writing
> educational software. When I asked her if she considered writing linux
> versions she said no because the schools run Windows. I imagine (sorry
> I know nothing about how schools function) that there must be lots of
> software not from Microsoft (and that is one reason the schools run
> Windows). It could probably all be converted but who is going to pay
> for the conversion and for the suppliers writing two versions of
> everything?

Conversion of existing programs may not be necessary. WINE is pretty 
good these days...
-- 
Steve