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Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, John Hansen wrote: > > >> I have today sent the following to education@xxxxxxxxx: >> >> >> I wonder how much schools could save if they used Open Source software >> such as Linux and Open Office rather than MicroSoft Windows and Office. >> >> Have you looked into this matter? >> > > Good luck with it .. > > As I understand it (From a Scottish teacher friend of mine), they're more > or less locked into Microsoft these days for _teaching_. I don't think the > national curriculum actually states it though, but I imagine there are > huge pressures on teachers, etc. to "conform" and go with the flow. > > Where you might be able to make in-roads is in the Schools admin > department - however, unless it's a private school, again, they might be > more or less locked-in to what the LEA mandates. > > I did work with an independent school recently who were using thin clients > and Linux on the desktop of the admin department, but the finance > department were using Sage, so ... (However they were using Sage with a > Linux file-server). > > I suspect there's amarket for a schools admin package, but personally I'd > steer clear of the teaching side - for now. > > > Gordon > > There is no harm in having linux box to demonstrate that there is another solution for computing, the fact the other solution is free can then be promoted also, as a different software model, pupils are then informed and have a choice, given other countries are teaching Linux, we could be in danger of falling behind. Paul -- 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