Re: [Linux-aus] Edexpo - Getting some airplay for Linux in education

[Pia Waugh <greebo@pipka.org>]

Awesome Jon, good find :)

We still need volunteers for this event, so anyone in Sydney, please contact
me or Sara Kaan... NOW! :)

Sara, see below,
Pia

<quote who="Jonathan Oxer">

> A report that may arrive just in time to use as ammunition for either
> Edexpo or the national education procurement agreement debate:
> 
> http://www.tes.co.uk/2094985
> 
> "Primary schools could cut their computer costs by nearly half if they
> stopped buying, operating and supporting products from the worldâs
> largest software company, government research has found."
> 
> "Secondaries could also slash their information technology overheads by
> a quarter if they moved away from Microsoft and other commercial
> programs, according to an analysis carried out by the British
> Educational Communications and Technology Association, the Governmentâs
> ICT agency."
> 
> Cheers   :-)
> 
> Jonathan Oxer
> 
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Cheers,
Pia

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