Re: [Fsfe-uk] BECTA discriminate against FLOSS?

[Neil Darlow]

Hi All,

I had the following forwarded to me via an original post to the Milton Keynes
LUG mailing list. I think it demonstrates some consideration for FLOSS by 
BECTA.

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Jonathon Hunt <address@hidden>
Subject: Schools using open source software
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:47:24 +0000

Dear sir/madam,

My name is Jon Hunt and I work for Becta's Independent Procurement
Advisory Service (Ipas). We are currently conducting a number of total
cost of ownership studies of ICT in educational institutions, and are
keen to extend these to include schools using open source software.

I am currently pulling together a list of schools in England that are
using open source software, based on desk research, using sources such
as http://www.schoolforge.org.uk, http://casestudy.seul.org and the
suse-linux-uk-schools list archives.

I would be interested to hear of any particularly notable case studies
you know about? I would be very grateful for any information or advice
you could provide.

Becta, the British Educational Communications & Technology Agency, is
the Government's lead agency for ICT in education.

Many thanks,

Jon Hunt
IPAS - Independent Procurement Advisory Service, Becta
Tel: +44 (0)24 7684 7190
http://ipas.ngfl.gov.uk   http://www.becta.org.uk

Regards,
Neil Darlow M.Sc.
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