At last, some sense from a Government agency about IT in schools: News report http://www.cio.com/article/171450 "British schools should not upgrade to Microsoft's Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) said in a report on the software. It also supported use of the international standard ODF (Open Document Format) for storing files"
BECTA's ful report (pdf): http://publications.becta.org.uk/download.cfm?resID=35275 (Time for Ubuntu members of parent-teacher associations to offer more talks/demos in schools and at parent's evenings?) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/