__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 11 January 2007 05:39 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 09 January 2007 21:59 \__
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> __/ [ 7 ] on Monday 08 January 2007 17:58 \__
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>>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/08/becta_ec_complaint/
>>>>>
>>>>> "Small firm complains about Becta and big business"
>>>>>
>>>>> I complained a while ago that BECTA was game keeper and
>>>>> poacher in the words they use to describe open source
>>>>> and its uptake in UK education. Well its now turned
>>>>> into official complaint filed with the EU.
>>>>>
>>>>> No one from BECTA should be trusted.
>>>>> What they do is illegal and they know it.
>>>>> If you want action, particularly as a small open source company,
>>>>> join the list of complainants to EU and press
>>>>> for a full enquiry and more transparency. Air all your past grievances
>>>>> as well, so that it gets noted as yet more crimes
>>>>> that have been committed by BECTA in collusion with
>>>>> big business.
>>>>
>>>> Oops. I was preparing something while you posted this. You beat me to
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well done 7 for raising it, though. It's about time that the dubious
>>> practices of HMG were exposed in this area. It's just not cricket to be
>>> in the pocket of foreign proprietary software vendors when advising on
>>> procuring software for the education of our children.
>>
>> And as inside information teaches us, there could be corruption involved,
>> which affects not only Open Source, but also British SMEs. I believe I am
>> permitted to 'leak' this...
>>
>
> I have to agree...
Here's a roundup, as well as some of the latest:
Becta report slams Microsoft academic licensing, dismisses Vista
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| Even ignoring the open source-related controversy surrounding these
| reports (see here, here , here, and here) the statistics are jaw-dropping.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/01/becta_report_sl.html
http://tinyurl.com/y6exp6
Microsoft seems to have plenty of groups in its bedroom. It's more like a
hotel filled with bedroom. Oh, wait, didn't Gates buy some hotel chain
recently? More relationships = more committment. This may also explain why
the Gates Foundation own so many companies and invests heavily in media.
Make the reporters dependent on Gates' wallet and they'll play nice.
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