September 24, 2008

Open source for education departments

There have been some serious problems for the UK government over their choices for software partners. There are many stories around where various providers of these services have been given huge contracts only for them to run over budget or in some case not deliver.

Another problem came from the use of Microsoft in the countries schools, because of the licensing system that Microsoft use, this has become impractical for schools to use, but this leaves the education system with some serious problems.

However now there could be light at the end of the tunnel, as open source providers Novell UK and Sirius are now allowed access to the £80 million Software for Educational Institutions Framework, which basically means they are able to supply software to this sector from now on, whether this is going to happen is another matter.

Source [CNet]