__/ [ [H]omer ] on Tuesday 16 January 2007 15:53 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Update and good news:
>>
>> The BECTA site now says:
>>
>> "Becta is therefore calling on the ICT industry to ensure that
>> computers for the education marketplace are delivered with a choice
>> of Office productivity suites available, which ideally should
>> include an open-source offering."
>
> Nice :)
>
>> "Becta therefore advises that schools should only deploy Office 2007
>> when its interoperability with alternative products is
>> satisfactory."
>
> Is that the day *after* pigs fly over the winter wonderland of hell?
>
>>http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=re&catcode=ss_res_pro_gbv_03&rid=12924
>
> Gates' biatch, Blair, won't be happy.
He won't be gettin' any tonight. Aww... the loveaffair of a lawyer/diplomat
and a not-so-talented geek whose parents are lawyers/diplomats...
Anyway, I am happy to say that I was part of the pressure group/lobbying
push, but I wasn't in touch with any MPs. BECTA was put in a boiling bathtub
after these reports flooded in, ~100 MPs protested, and the EC received a
formal complaint.
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