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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tom wrote: > james kilty wrote: >> On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 12:55 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: >> >> >>> Government response below >>> >>> http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20711 >>> >> >> Interesting the hedging. >> >> "To suggest that only an open source operating system should be used >> would run counter to the view that schools should have flexibility and a >> choice of services." >> >> Also: >> >> "Becta does not recommend any single operating system because the agency >> believes that schools should consider and choose the best system for >> their particular circumstances." >> >> Then in >> >> Link to Becta's advice (discussed a good while ago) to show how good >> they are: >> >> Lots on Vista's problems - then >> >> "Due to limitations in Microsoft's implementation of the Open Document >> Format (ODF) international standard, users should in the short term >> continue to save files in the more widely adopted .doc, .xls and .ppt >> formats." >> >> No mention of Linux until the last para: >> >> "If a school sets up a small network in its computer science department >> running an open source operating system such as Linux, to ensure that >> pupils have as wide a range of ICT skills as possible, it will have to >> pay Microsoft annual licence fees for each of the Linux PCs in the >> school." >> >> So, it is down to the individuals in the schools to know about, want to >> use, and be clued up before they start. Hardly a drive as claimed: >> >> "Becta is the Government Agency leading the national drive to ensure the >> effective use of technology throughout learning." >> >> Brick wall? >> > hedging , brick wall - make your mind up. > You expected a sensible response? > A new catch phrase for ya: Government joined up stinking! > Tom te tom te tom > > Re Brick Walls I can't tell you what I really want to tell you about working in the IT department at Torbay Council because of the public nature of this forum and the contractual "obligations" (AKA gagging order) I am working under. But lets just say that after writing a very carefully crafted and researched discussion document on adoption of open source and open standards within Torbay Council as the first step to getting a rigorous cost / risk analysis exercise initiated, I was told it would be too costly and too risky. Let me just emphasis that again, just in case you missed it ! BEFORE Torbay Council have done any analysis Torbay Council have drawn a CONCLUSION. Closed Minds. Brick Walls. Again I have said more than enough to get me hung drawn an quartered ...... Tom -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkq92/0ACgkQBX2gJWUv0itvaQCeOuo/kq/M2l86hmJEKjiUUI2p wzIAoJQAuzNRRRgreS2Uf3pzg5M6rGP6 =d/5a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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