Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 26 October 2007 15:46 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Becta has a lot to learn
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Rather than investing time and energy into helping to promote real
>>>| alternatives to Redmond's hold on school IT, Becta is simply using the OFT
>>>| as a negotiating tool. Like many organisations, Becta seems incapable of
>>>| thinking outside a Microsoft-defined box.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/comment/0,1000002985,39290249,00.htm
>>
>> We really should start to add up just how much Becta, NHS, BBC, National
>> Archives and British Library are paying to Microsoft. The information
>> should be publicly available anyway.
>
> Becta's contract with the monopolist is secret. I'm not kidding. It's
> outrageous and it's part of the deal's condition. Just like the OEMs all over
> again. In the public sector.
That's probably illegal anyway... freedom of information should enable
this to be made visible.
This does highlight how useless and corruptible the quangos have been,
though.
>
>> I suspect that moving away from Microsoft could actually offer the
>> opportunity to reduce taxes - what politician would refuse such an
>> opportunity?
>
> Bribed ones. Vested interests. Ignorance maybe.
>
Reducing taxes will win an election...
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