[LINK] Microsoft on the outer of schools funding

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> <brd>
> not all the people making comments on this article agree with linux over MS
> </brd>
> 
> Microsoft on the outer of schools funding
> December 02, 2008
> The Australian IT
> http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24736149-15319,00.html
> 
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The physical copy of the Australian on Tuesday had an eeePC photo on the front
page and an article on the backpage about how some organisation had moved from a
$60,000 Linux "IT intensive" Intranet to one that the business ran for $400,000+.

I guess the real problem, in the NSW tender, is going to be compatibility with
education software. I wonder how much closed (ie only run on MSWindows) Teaching
modules there are in the NSW schools system.

> "I would ask for both options - Microsoft Windows and open source," NSW 
> Secondary Principals Council president Jim McAlpine said.

For those of us who remember the CPM/MSDOS - DEC Rainbow solution - I hope this 
bloke is not a decision maker.

Marghanita
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