[Wylug-discuss] OU's Microsoft policy

[Roger Leigh]

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James Holden <wylug at jamesholden.net> writes:

> On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 17:16 +0100, geoff fielding wrote:
>> I am intending to make a complaint to the OU regarding its computer
>> policy which is 'All University course software is tested on computers
>> running Microsoft Windows as the cost of supporting other operating
>> systems i.e. Mac computers, is prohibitive.
>
> OK, so it's probably a CBT application written for Windows.
>
> They don't want to develop versions for Mac etc in parallel.

Given that their previous preferred platform was DR GEM, it's still
probably an improvement!  (I have their c. 1990 T102 training
materials on 5¼" discs!)


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