--- Ian Lynch <ian.lynch@zmsl.com> wrote:
Its worth bearing in mind that we have direct contact with BECTA and the DfES through SchoolforgeUK and Open Source Consortium. While this is so far more focussed on schools there is no real reason why it should not apply to FE and HE. In terms of migration strategies etc Open Source
Indeed. Note though that it's not so much of a migration, as it is integration. I don't think academia is ready for ubiquitous linux support. :)
Consortium is probably better placed than BCS in giving advice on use of FLOSS in existing environments. Indeed many members of OSC are also BCS members.
I realise that, but from what I can gather, most of the course material taught here is ratified (mangled, whatever you want to call it :P) by the BCS (they certainly have a large finger in this rather mouldy pie). There's a meeting towards the end of this month (via the BCS -- it's open to non-members too) about the use of Linux alongside Windows.
Since I'm the official point of conatct between BECTA and the Open Source community, I'm quite willing to talk to any LEA that requires some official basis for considering these issues.
I had long since mentioned your name (see, I do my homework :)). I doubt anything will ever be sent your way, alas. Thanks though. I'll keep marching on, to see where this actually leads. -- Thomas Adam ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com