On Monday 01 December 2003 21:43, Colin McQueen wrote:
John Dean
wrote: On Monday 01 December 2003 21:10, Colin McQueen wrote:
"ICT Support Officer"
wrote: The bottom line is anyone coming over from the dark side WILL have to compromise or make a sacrifice to time in some areas. The world WOULD be a better place but then people should be allowed to choose. If they choose proprietary then so be it.
Just one little point here. At the end of the day, it is the tax
payers
money that schools are putting to good use (or more appropriately; wasting). I am a tax payer and it shames me to find that thousands of pounds are wasted on Propriety products in schools. That is why UK is such an expensive country to live in. Do school governors think that this money grows on trees. It's your money and my money they deduct from our salaries.
I see your point but I am not convinced that its a terrible waste of money. How does open source get created. Where do these people get the time?
If you don't know the answer to that question then you should be on this list
I am on this list ;-) I still don't know the answer. i'd love to have the time to support open source by creating but work, other causes and family take up too much time (not in that order of priority) and do come first
You don't have to contribute just use it. You will find it a totally liberating experience. garry
The amount of money spent on software is minor comp[ared to the
salaries of the teachers.
-- Colin McQueen
-- Colin McQueen