Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> MPs criticise government roadblocks to Open Source adoption
> in schools
>
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>| UK Members of Parliament have identified Department of
>| Education and Skills (DfES) and Becta policies as
>| favouring proprietary software vendors thereby blocking
>| the adoption of Open Source software by schools and
>| colleges. An Early Day Motion tabled by Liberal Democrat
>| MP John Pugh, has called for a fair approach to ICT
>| procurement in the education sector.
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>
> http://sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=28349&h
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> Some folks at the Manchester Linux Users Group have taken
> action to the Parliament a couple of days ago (related to
> the above, according to the mailing list). Open Source (and
> Linux) will come to schools sooner or later. It already
> prevails in some local schools and it proves to be rather
> successful.
I find this quote of interest:
| Mark Taylor, OSC President added: ?Schools and colleges
| must keep pace with the adoption of Open Source software in
| industry or limit the employability of their graduates.?
I am surprised by their proprietary procurement model and it
is good that the PM pointed this out.
BTW, is there any relationship between DfES and DFS? :-)
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HPT
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