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[News] Site Launches for Free Software in British Schools

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Open Source Schools: Introduction

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| The Schools Open Source Project is an initiative to help schools with 
| awareness, adoption, deployment, use and ongoing development of Open Source 
| Software (OSS). A number of schools are already realising the benefits of OSS 
| within their ICT strategy. This project will work to share their experiences 
| along with good OSS practice from other sectors with the wider community of 
| educational practitioners, including teachers, decision makers and IT 
| specialists.      
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http://www.opensourceschools.org.uk/node/128


Recent:

Linux triumphs in UK schools as hell freezes over

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| This post comes hard on the heels of an important piece of news... at least
| two Open Source companies have become part of the Becta's official list of
| suppliers to the education sector. The new procurement frame work under the
| aegis of the OGC relaunches the supply of ICT to education. The emphasis is
| clear: deliver value for money to UK schools.
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| It was not long ago that most commentators believed an Open Source company
| would join the likes of Capita, Serco and RM shortly after hell froze over.
| But times do change. In this case the driving force for change seems to be
| (we presume) the well-known cost-benefit values of Linux and other Open
| Source software.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1323&blogid=17


Becta green lights open source software in schools, at last

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| The Sirius Corporation revealed yesterday that it was among 12 software
| suppliers to have been awarded places on the £80m Software for Educational
| Institutions Framework (SEIF) agreement.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/09/23/becta_open_source_schools_at_last/
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