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Open Source Could Save UK Schools Â60 Million A Year
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| A national partnership has been launched today at
| Bletchley Park, to encourage UK local authorities
| to look at implementing open source solutions in
| all areas of their education services, in order
| to save up to Â60 million a year
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| Bletchley Park, the home of the Enigma machine
| and where most of Germany's codes were cracked
| during the Second World War, is today playing
| host to the launch a national partnership, that
| aims to encourage UK local authorities to look at
| implementing open source solutions in all areas
| of their education services.
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http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/open-source-could-save-uk-schools--60-million-a-year-2100
Recent:
German City MÃnster Launches Pilot Project For its Schools To Adopt Open Source Software
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| At the moment, teachers are trying out OpenOffice in
| two schools. The suite will be made available to all
| schools in November 2009. "We plan to make OpenOffice
| the default office application for schools", said
| Citeq's spokesperson Stefan Schoenfelder.
|
| During September 2009, the city reported that 140 of
| its 360 servers are running GNU/Linux. In a press
| statement published on 23 September 2009, Citeq
| stated that using open source is making it easier for
| the departments to share information.
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http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/29337
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