[odf-discuss] BECTA questioning VISTA

[Ian Lynch]

On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 12:06 -0800, marbux wrote:
> Got a link?

Somewhere on www.becta.org.uk. I got the quote from someone else.


> On 1/16/07, Ian Lynch <ian.lynch at zmsl.com> wrote:
> > Recently found on BECTA's web site.
> >
> > "Becta is therefore calling on the ICT industry to ensure that computers
> > for the education marketplace are delivered with a choice of Office
> > productivity suites available, which ideally should include an
> > open-source offering.
> >
> > The ability for schools to exercise choice is further restricted by
> > interoperability difficulties and Becta is calling on Microsoft to
> > improve its support for the ODF interoperability standard.
> >
> > There is also concern that the current lack of support for Microsoft's
> > new file formats in competitor products (particularly "free to
> > education" products) may exacerbate "digital divide" issues. Becta
> > therefore advises that schools should only deploy Office 2007 when its
> > interoperability with alternative products is satisfactory."
> >
> >
> > BECTA has been heavily criticised recently with 116 MPS signing an early
> > day motion censuring their procurement frameworks for being unfriendly
> > to FOSS. Seems like the pressure is having an effect.
> >
> >
> > Ian
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