[Opensource] BBC Article - Schools warned off Microsoft

[Adam Barbary]

Nice find Cameron,

Pity that Victoria has just inked a contract for $24 Million with MS.  
Given that XP already does what schools need and alternatives are  
often free, makes you wonder why there is an upgrade deal at all.

Problems with Office 2007 are already becoming apparent as students  
begin to submit work in the new proprietary formats. The schools  
computer fleet, running Office 2003, are not equipped to read the new  
file formats. (Although there is an update available to read, not  
write) so students are unable to edit their documents at school and  
teachers unable to print them without assistance from tech support.

Time to stop the money trail and install Open Office ;)

Adam Barbary
Viewbank College


On 30/10/2007, at 8:58 PM, Cameron Bell wrote:

> Schools warned off Microsoft
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7063716.stm
>
> Cheers
> Cameron
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