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Re: [News] BECTA Strikes Back

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:58:49 +0000, Roy Schestowitz  wrote:

> Becta denies open source school barriers

> The British Education and Technology Agency, Becta, has strongly
> denied suggestions made by John Pugh MP in an early day motion
> before Parliament that its software purchasing policies are
> discouraging the use of open source software in UK schools.

"A May 2005 Becta report indicated that the use of open source
software could produce total cost savings of 44% per PC for primary
schools and 24% for secondary schools, compared to standard commercial
software PC configurations"

"An example of this product discounting is Becta?s licensing
memorandum of understanding with Microsoft that began in January 2004"

http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2006/11/osc_joins_criti.html

http://www.becta.org.uk/page_documents/corporate/press/mou.pdf

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