"Roy Schestowitz" schreef in bericht
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> The OSC's open letter to Becta
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> | If you are a school, ignore Becta's project, ignore Becta, and seek
> advice
> | from the people who are able to give it. Any of the organisations Becta
> | rejected will be your best choice.
> |
> | If you are a member of the Open Source community or industry not yet
> touched
> | by this scandal, boycott the project and refuse to have anything to do
> with
> | it. It's not about 'Open Source', it's about jobs for the boys, spin,
> and
> | discrediting non-proprietary software.
> |
> | If you are anyone else, throw your hands up in despair at yet more
> political
> | sleaze, cronyism and incompetence, and vote for someone other than the
> | current government at the next election, preferably someone with
> policies on
> | Open Source and Open Government.
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> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,...331761b,00.htm
>
> The Case for Linux in the Classroom
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> | Linux is the only OS designed and equipped with Education in mind.
> Edubuntu,
> | a flavor of Linux, is designed with the classroom in mind. It comes
> | preinstalled with education software and applications that suit students
> of
> | all grade levels, and even has some handy applications for the teacher
> too.
> `----
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> http://teachertechblog.com/the-case-...classroom/190/
>
>
> Yesterday:
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> BECTA Rubbishes Almost the Entire UK Open Source Industry
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> | I've written a number of times about BECTA, charting its constant
> flip-flops
> | on open source in schools – sometimes damning it, sometimes driving it.
> Like
> | me, you've probably been increasingly confused about BECTA's real
> attitude to
> | free software. Well, I think we know now, following the snubbing of all
> the
> | most experienced UK open source players in the awarding of a major
> contract
> | to promote open source in schools.
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> http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolb...=912&blogid=14
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>
> A learning experience
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> | The situation looked to have improved in early May when it was revealed
> that
> | Becta had issued an invitation to tender for a project to set up and run
> an
> | open source schools project.
> |
> | As Glyn Moody reports, however, despite bids from the great and the good
> of
> | open source in the UK (supported by the likes of Red Hat and Canonical)
> the
> | contract was awarded to The AlphaPlus Consultancy, a company described
> as
> | having “no known experience or track record in FOSS�.
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> http://blogs.the451group.com/opensou...ng-experience/
>
>
> Becta schools deal stuns British open-istas
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> | He claimed that the decision to snub bidders that included Red
> Hat-backed
> | Sirius and Canonical-backed The Learning Machine exposed Becta’s open
> | source “posturings� as a “sham�.
> |
> | Becta, which in recent months has been a vocal critic of Microsoft’s
> | monopolistic stranglehold on software, invited bidders to tender for
> | its “Open Source Schools� project in May.
> |
> | At the time it said: “Becta wishes to ensure that schools are aware of
> and
> | can access the wide variety of open source software in the marketplace.
> To
> | achieve this it recognises that they must be supported in its awareness,
> | adoption, deployment, use and ongoing development.�
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06...ource_schools/
>
>
> Recent:
>
> Becta, open source and education: Too little, too late?
>
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> | Slow adoption of open source and free software in UK schools can be
> | attributed to the same kind of inertia that afflicts SMEs in the UK. It
> | arises from a fear of the unknown, misapprehensions of the capabilities
> of
> | the software, over-reliance on trusted suppliers, and general lack of
> | awareness of the alternatives - but the major obstacle has been a lack
> of
> | coordination, direction or understanding from the relevant authorities,
> | exacerbated by a series of agreements with Microsoft at government level
> that
> | have effectively tied the education system into Microsoft-only
> solutions.
> `----
>
> http://www.itpro.co.uk/603639/becta-...ittle-too-late
>
>
>
> Related:
>
> Lawmaker blasts U.K. government on Microsoft policy
>
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