There's been another front page story on the EDP for those that haven't seen it. The URL is *veerrryy* long so...
or it's on the front page of edp24.co.uk ATM. Basically, the dept. of education is going to bulk buy licences and the money won't come from the school's budget. The cynic in me says that this will be used as an excuse not to increase budgets much in the next few years. Also, todays EDP has an editorial and a letter about Linux (or rather LINUX).
Apologies for not getting the letter done earlier, but here goes...
Dear Sir,
In reply to your frontpage story and editorial from the 24th June. We feel the need to expand on what has been mentioned about Linux and the open source movement. Firstly, Linux is free. Everything, including word processors, professional quality graphics programs and tools for creating computer programs can be downloaded from the internet or obtained for little more than the price of a blank CD. It is created by thousands of dedicated people around the globe, as well as a number of large companies. Also it is more stable, secure and it is much harder for viruses to infect a machine running Linux. More importantly it works well with older computers which would also eliminate the need to constantly buy new computers to keep the latest release of windows working properly.
For anybody who is interested, further information and support (including potentially visiting schools and demonstrating Linux) can be obtained from the local Linux user group at www.alug.org.uk.
Sincerely,
$whoever
I reckon it could do with another para but I can't think of anything else that might be appropriate...anyone?
ta,
BenE