[Technical] Linux at a Sydney school

[Con Zymaris]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 11:22:38AM +1100, Clark, Ian C wrote:
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> > [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Con Zymaris
> > Sent: Wednesday, 22 March 2006 11:10 AM
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> > Subject: [Technical] Linux at a Sydney school
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> > Seems to me that only independent schools have the free hand 
> > necessary to move beyond the Microsoft lock-in. If you're a 
> > state school, the Education department calls the shots, and 
> > those shots are almost always proprietary.
> 
> I'm afraid Con, that Micro$oft is overwhelmingly the chosen
> implementation in Independent schools, Catholic schools, TAFES, people's
> homes, small and large businesses.
> 

Yes, no doubt, Microsoft has most of you by the short and twirlies ;-)

However, Ian, there seems to be a far greater degree of Linux and OSS  
adoption in the independent school space than in the public space. This is 
because DET has established mechanisms which keep those environments much 
more Microsoft oriented. Free thinking independent schools are more able 
to move beyond Microsoft when they want to, by comparison.

Cheers,

Con Zymaris

- CEO, Cybersource Pty. Ltd.
- Director, Open Source Industry Australia, Limited.
- Convenor, Open Source Victoria (A Government-funded industry cluster.)

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