January 23, 2008
UK schools to say no to Vista
A decision has been made at last by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) with regards to Microsoft’s Windows Vista and Office 2007 and how these products will fit into the education system in the UK.
As expected the report says no to these products, the main reason being how the products are sold and licensed it is estimated at £125 for each machine in a primary school and surprisingly £75 per machine in a secondary school for Vista. Which would cost in total about £175 million?
Whereas with the office product, there are concerns that some of the applications are not fully supported on other platforms, which can cause problems for students who take work home and bring it back to school.
It is no surprise as there have been move to get schools to use open source software, which can be used on all machines and is totally free of charge.
Source [Ars Technica]
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