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Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > Thought this would be of interest > > http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/11/university-challenged-ditch > > I am an OU student, so it will be interesting to see what happens. > > Paul > > http://www.zleap.net/chat > > From reading the article I was under the impression that the OU wasn't going to ditch M$ and just was saying it wasn't trying to promote any specific vendor. Personally I can't see why they can't offer copies of at least OpenOffice.org and maybe also Linux distros too for students to use if need be. Personally I wouldn't touch an OU course with a 10 foot barge pole now, not until at least they admit they screwed up, see these articles for more info... (interesting read): 1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/13/verity_stob_open_university/ 2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/01/stob_open_university_trick_question/ 3. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/14/verity_stob_further_eduation/ Rob -- 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