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

[Ian Pascoe]

You could still write for windows, and presuming you're using something like
visual Studio, you then get MONO added in which will then give you native
Linux code without the use of a virtual layer like WINE; but of course
WINE's pretty cool these days too.

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-----Original Message-----
From: malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Steve Cashmore
Sent: 13 January 2008 12:50
To: malvern at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Malvern] BECTA suggests schools should prefer open source
to M$


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

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