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Re: [News] Another Big Blow to Microsoft in the UK (Schools and Free Software)

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

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> Open source trumps Microsoft in UK schools
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> | 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.
> | 
> | Becta has also specifically called on open source companies to join its
> | £80 million framework list of certified suppliers of software to
> | schools, contracts for which will be awarded in June. The last framework
> | list consisted entirely of Microsoft suppliers and drew Becta widespread
> | criticism for favouring the convicted monopolist over cheaper, homegrown
> | alternatives.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/21/open-source-trumps-microsoft-uk
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Superb, and not before time. Savings aside, exposure to choice and different
mechanisms for achieving the same end are essential in this context.

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