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On 31/10/2007, Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 'Becta, the UK organisation which advises the Government on technology > use in education, is advising schools not to sign licensing agreements > with Microsoft.' It's a bit more complex than that - BECTA is recomending that schools only get perpetual rather than yearly licenses and spend money to convert any yearly licenses to perpetual ones. BECTA is still shockingly bad, but they're attempting to throw a bit less money in microsofts direction. A. -- http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html