Heracles <herac...@iprimus.com.au> writes:
> I spent a great deal of time over the last few years trying to get parts
> of the DET to look at free software with little effect. I found three
> major hurdles.
> 1. The unfounded belief that anything free must be second rate
> 2. The complete reliance on their Microsoft trained advisers
> 3. The argument that the students will only ever encounter MS based
> software in the workplace (also based on their advisers).
>
> I know that these are bogus arguments, but the powers that be are
> convinced that they are true.
You have a more liberal department than many of the Victorian
equivalents, then. Down here cause number one, of one, is that the
contractual agreement that gets them Microsoft software at reasonable
price also explicitly excludes them using any alternative OS.
IIRC, this is usually by billing for a copy of Windows to run on
everything, regardless of what actually runs on it, so the cost of Linux
is now hardware + Windows + Linux, no savings available.
Regards,
Daniel
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