El departament de TIC en l'ensenyament del govern brit�nic presenta un
informe en que diu que les escoles poden estalviar importants sumes de
diners passant-se a programari lliure. L'informe diu que els estalvis
m�s importants es van donar en els costos de suport.

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/04/25/open_source_school/

By eGov monitor Newsdesk 25 Apr 2005 16:26
Open source makes school appointment

Becta, the Government's lead agency for ICT in education, is set to
release a new report which will say that schools could save
significant sums by switching to open source software, eGov monitor
can report.

The landmark report will show that OSS can be implemented successfully
in schools and present documented examples of cost savings from its
use.

Becta's report, based on a study of 15 schools, will state that open
source office products have been demonstrated to offer schools a
cost-effective alternative to proprietary software.

Among the key findings will be that primary and secondary schools
using OSS substantially reduced the total cost of ownership per PC.
Support costs - typically accounting for more than half a PC's total
cost - showed the biggest reduction.

Furthermore, case studies showed that the cost advantages of OSS were
often used to increase provision, rather than reduce overall budgets
in schools.

It will also highlight that OSS can provide an appropriate
infrastructure for schools and is well supported, with good
reliability and performance.

However it will note wider OSS deployments in schools are still
limited by a lack of content-specific applications.

The report is being held back until after 5 May due to the
restrictions on government announcements during the general election.

Richard Rothwell, Chair of Schoolforge UK, a body promoting open
source software use in schools, welcomed Becta's interest. He said:
"We trust that Becta will build on this positive start and work with
the Free, Libre and Open Source Software community to encourage more
schools and organisations to deploy FLOSS."

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