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Simply the Best: Case Study for Moodle at Open University
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| The British Open University took upon
| itself in 2005, together with the William
| and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the task of
| bringing online learning into the future.
| Unusual is that it didn't decide on Moodle
| for merely financial reasons or that it
| didn't go for professional support.
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Simply-the-Best-Case-Study-for-Moodle-at-Open-University
Selling Proprietary Software the Top Gear way
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| Mr Brown Goes Shopping for the Nation's
| Software
|
| I am sure many of you know that we have
| signed and resigned an MOU with Microsoft
| which stands for 'Memorandum of
| Understanding'. Many will also know that UK
| plc is Microsoft's biggest European
| customer.
|
| So, given the above, how many of you know
| what we spend on MS software?
|
| I'll tell you. Only the folk who sign the
| cheques know and they are not telling.
|
| When HM Gov had a FOI (Freedom of
| Information) request lodged last year
| asking (not unreasonably) how much we as a
| nation helped swell the software giant's
| coffers, they were told to 'go away'. When
| it was followed up, the Courts upheld
| Microsoft's 'protection of commercial
| confidentiality' claim.
|
| In other words 'really go away you nosy,
| plebian taxpayer'.
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/blogs/17-nov-2009/selling-proprietary-software-top-gear-way
Recent:
Open University appoints Microsoft boss
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| The Open University has appointed a Microsoft boss to be its fifth
| vice-chancellor.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/20/open-university-microsoft
"Open University" Becomes "Closed University"
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| Of course, the first thing Mr Bean will have to do is change the name: we
| can't have any of that stinky "openness" around, can we?
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/11/open-university-becomes-closed.html
University challenged to ditch Microsoft
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| The OU provides students with technical support, but only if they use
| Microsoft software. It advises students that if they don't use a Windows PC
| they "may have problems accessing the software and data files supplied with
| course materials". It has produced a 31-page guide to using Microsoft
| software and extensive demonstrations. It has produced upgrade advice for
| Microsoft's Vista operating system and even gone as far as promoting a
| Microsoft discount offer to its students.
|
| The OU does distribute copies of the Open Source Star Office to all students,
| but that endorsement pales in comparison to its backing of Microsoft. It has
| given no such advice, support or endorsement of Ubuntu, the free operating
| system lauded as the Open Source movement's viable alternative to Windows.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/11/university-challenged-ditch
Related:
University of Regina offers open source course
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| In recent years, software giants like Microsoft have found open source
| software like Linux and Firefox nipping at their heels.
|
| Open source software is typically available for free and is set up so
| that programmers around the world can tinker with the code and make
| improvements.
|
| [...]
|
| Now, the University of Regina has joined the fray, launching its
| first senior-level course in open source software development.
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/02012007/3/canada-u-r-offers-open-source-course.html
Letter from IT Personnel at Purdue University: No Upgrades to Vista, Office
2007, or even IE7
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| Purdue University is a Big Ten school with 40,000+ students and a
| fairly tech savvy campus. But due to bugs, compatibility issues,
| and lack of backwards compatibility, Purdue is holding off on
| Microsoft upgrades for now.
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http://www.computers.net/2007/01/letter_from_it_.html
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