Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Re: Re: Re: Re: An Open Source National curriculum

On Monday 01 December 2003 21:10, Colin McQueen wrote:

"ICT Support Officer" wrote:

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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

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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? The amount of money spent on software is minor comp[ared to the salaries of the teachers.

Stop buying proprietary software and employ more teachers then? regards garry

-- Colin McQueen