[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Government still tech agnostic despite Vista concerns
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Becta, the organisation that implements government educational
>> | technology policy, has claimed Windows Vista and Office 2007 should
>> | not be deployed in schools because of potential compatibility
>> | issues with earlier versions of Microsoft's software, as well as
>> | software produced by Microsoft's rivals. This view was reiterated
>> | on Wednesday in an update to a Becta report released late last
>> | year.
>> `----
>
> And yet...
>
> .----
>| However, speaking to ZDNet.co.uk at the BETT educational technology
>| conference in London, schools minister Jim Knight said
>| opportunities for learning existed with both open-source and
>| proprietary software.
>|
>| "I think it's important we don't close down the opportunities
>| offered by both open-source and [proprietary] software," said
>| Knight on Wednesday.
> `----
>
> "Opportunities"? With broken proprietary software that creates
> incompatible documents? What "opportunities" are those, exactly?
>
> Gah! When are these loony-bins going to wake up?
>
We probably need to look at who funded Jim Knight's campaign. Or, look
at who is in his department, and see who they have lunch or dinner with.
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