[Malvern] Wakey Wa-key! Further Developments with Open Source in UK Schools

[Ian Pascoe]

Evening All

Don't know how many of you have picked up on the following:

-- Initial post --

 The Computing  trade newspaper (print version) has a front page
 banner headline 'Schools set to go open source' and an associated
 article.

 http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2217224/schools-set-open-source-4
017531

-- Second post --
(also to ubuntu-marketing list)

Open source trumps Microsoft in UK schools

"......At least three open source software suppliers submitted tenders
to Becta yesterday for the £270,000 Schools Open Source Project. The
winner will spend two years building a community of schools which uses
and develops its own open source alternatives to Microsoft
software......."

".....Becta has also specifically called on open source companies to
join its £80 million framework list of certified suppliers of software
to schools, contracts for which will be awarded in June. The last
framework list consisted entirely of Microsoft suppliers and drew
Becta widespread criticism for favouring the convicted monopolist over
cheaper, homegrown alternatives....."

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/21/open-source-trumps-mi
crosoft-uk


Ian