Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ William Poaster on Thursday 29 May 2008 14:18 : \____
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>> On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:30:38 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Low-cost Linux laptop targets British education market
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>>> | Elonex is taking orders for a sub-$200 Linux-based laptop aimed at the
>>> | British educational market. Based on a 300MHz processor, the Elonex One
>>> | includes WiFi, Ethernet, Flash storage, USB, and a 7-inch, 800 x 480
>>> | detachable touch display.
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>>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4650708621.html
>>>
>> Related article:-
>>
>> Open source trumps Microsoft in UK schools:-
>>
>> MICROSOFT has suffered further set-backs in the UK education sector this
>> week after Becta, the government procurement quango, reformed its
>> purchasing regime to break the software giant's hold on education, and
>> launched a programme to get schools to adopt open source software.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/21/open-source-trumps-microsoft-uk
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>> <snip>
>
> Some would say that BECTA is just trying to pull a bargain deal from Gangster
> Buddies by introducing competition.
>
Some truth in this, of course. What's really required is a plan to
crack the lock-in at the various layers and nodes in the current
education offering, although it has to be said, it's not just Microsoft
perpetuating the vendor-lock.
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