On 25 May 2010 12:05, Alan Lord (News) <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a pretty well researched post by Glyn Moody on why he thinks > Becta was really bad for FOSS in schools. > > > http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2978 > > Al > > He's broadly correct but in the end BECTA could only advise and advocate. On the ground it is Capita and RM and the like who effectively decide what is supported. I know of several situations in different places in the country where schools have wanted to run none-standard servers, specifically Apple Xserves in a couple of cases, and have been prevented from doing so by their IT providers simply because they don't have the expertise to support them, even when all they required was an IP address.
If the promises to give more autonomy to schools come to fruition, then they might be able to do different things with their IT budgets, but also centralisation and co-operation produces economies of scale and I wouldn't doubt that it will be the same businesses that will be advocating software and support in schools that have been for the last 13 years. Simon -- Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood
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