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Story: Microsoft rubbishes school open source report
Posted by: Laurence Leach (Monday 16 May 2005, 4:32 PM)
From what i have read and belive, open source might be cheaper in the short term, but in the long term, has the potential to end up as just as expensive or even MORE expensive the MS solutions, because of the traning that has to be done. I feel that linux and various alternative open-source solutions are nowhere near as intuituve and easy to use as MS based products, which would cause problems. Ever tried teaching your nan how to use windows? Difficult, but not impossible. Think she's find linux a bit easier maybe?!?!
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Story: Microsoft rubbishes school open source report
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And so it starts. To paraphrase George Lucas, 'S... Anonymous -
I can't believe this, Microsoft are well known for... Marc Dresdon
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I really think most people are not really lis... Anonymous -
Screwed up title, ZDNet. The report's about Open... Olavi Petri
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As long as they can brib..err, 'coax' officials to... Anonymous
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From what i have read and belive, open source migh... Laurence Leach -
The idea of education is to 'educate' people... Anonymous
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I worked selling computers into educatio... Keith Milner -
Laurence Leach>That's what Microsoft would li... Steve J
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What about the benefit of student participation?
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