__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Tuesday 16 January 2007 05:35 \__
> Open Source Challenges Vista at U.K. Education Show
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> | 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."
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> http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=386398
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.
The ability for schools to exercise choice is further restricted by
interoperability difficulties and Becta is calling on Microsoft to improve
its support for the ODF interoperability standard.
There is also concern that the current lack of support for Microsoft?s new
file formats in competitor products (particularly ?free to education?
products) may exacerbate ?digital divide? issues. Becta therefore advises
that schools should only deploy Office 2007 when its interoperability with
alternative products is satisfactory."
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=re&catcode=ss_res_pro_gbv_03&rid=12924
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