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Story: Government agency tells schools to shun Vista

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Too early to teach Vista?

KFASheldon replies that students need to learn how to use Vista - as it will be commonplace in a few years time - so schools should deploy it. He also says more guidance is needed from the Government on Vista and Office 2007 deployment.

On the first point. It is very early days for Vista and there will be plenty of time for pupils to learn how it works. Schools don't have the budgets (usually) to pay for immediate upgrades, especially when their current software currently enables them to teach as they require. As with any new software, it's prone to change - and a few security holes - and just because it's available, it doesn't mean you have to buy it.

On the second point, I'm more inclined to agree. Becta has promised more information - but that will follow probably as late as January 2008. The truth is, there are few practical deployments to currently analyse, and Becta is having to use more than a little guesswork at present in its report. But I agree that schools need greater guidance in the months coming and Becta really should be forthcoming.

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