<a class="snap_shots" href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/FE73A77E2BB96F21CC257425007DCB21">Computerworld has published an interesting story</a> about computers rolling out to schools. The
NSW department of education has announced that it will install
OpenOffice, on 41,000 computers due to be distributed to schools across
the state by the end of 2008. They will also downgrade every new
computer it buys from Vista to Windows XP. <br><br>The report notes
that "This incurred an additional expense in the short term, he says,
but was less expensive over the life of the computer. The move is less
a backlash against Microsoft and more recognition that the purchasing
model for software in educational institutions is changing."<br><br>It
seems as if somebody in NSW is wide awake and noticed that the world of
ICT is changing very fast. Well, good on them!<br><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead