In May 2005 Becta published a report of eight case studies where Open Source software was deployed in Schools on servers and in the classroom, often mixed with Microsoft products. The conclusions were positive and the considerable savings in cost were noted.
In spite of this experience, Becta's infrastructure framework for suppliers to schools outlined above has been accused of excluding open source systems by its choice of companies.
The current chairman of Becta holds the view that "open source is [no] different from any other software -- it's just the pricing structure is different, that's all. But [its supporters] have a passion. It's a religion, it's a real belief."
# Becta and open source
Posté par Frédéric Lopez . En réponse à la dépêche Les Anglais n'ont pas le RGI mais ils ont Becta et ils s'en servent !. Évalué à 1.
In May 2005 Becta published a report of eight case studies where Open Source software was deployed in Schools on servers and in the classroom, often mixed with Microsoft products. The conclusions were positive and the considerable savings in cost were noted.
In spite of this experience, Becta's infrastructure framework for suppliers to schools outlined above has been accused of excluding open source systems by its choice of companies.
The current chairman of Becta holds the view that "open source is [no] different from any other software -- it's just the pricing structure is different, that's all. But [its supporters] have a passion. It's a religion, it's a real belief."
Becta has not named any tender for a major framework contract who has been successful in offering open source products as part of their package.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becta#Becta_and_open_source
Ça les rend pas très crédibles quand ils vantent les mérites de l'Open Source...