On Friday 05 December 2003 09:16, Craig wrote:
Speaking about this.. anyone seen that show last night on BBC2? Bill Gates 'won' ;)
'Bill Gates won because his software is everywhere'
True however but I felt as always the BBC doesn't research far enough.
On 4 Dec 2003, at 14:58, nick daniels wrote:
Microsoft boss Bill Gates has promoted laptops for pupils Schools across the UK could save up to £50m on Microsoft software over the next three years. The Education Secretary, Charles Clarke, said Microsoft had reached an agreement with the government's educational technology agency, Becta. "This kind of agreement shows the advantages in co-ordinated procurement for schools across the country." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3291279.stm
Sorry I meant to add on the bottom " how much would the saving be if open source was adopted" I spent a few years using Fortan on A PDP in the early 80's and never touched another computer until about 2 years ago. Somebody gave me an old 200MHz? machine and a copy of Suse 7.0? and after a few weeks I was o.k I certainly do not consider myself a genius, I had never used Windows and still have used it hardly at all. I am saying why are our children taught Windows a "requirement"? Would a child taught on Linux find Windows "terrible" as I do?
Regards Nick Daniels