Britain Advises Against Vista, Office 2007 for Schools 300
An anonymous reader writes "The British government's educational IT authority has issued a report advising schools in the country not to upgrade their classroom or office systems to Windows Vista or Office 2007. According to this InformationWeek story, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency says costs for Vista and Office 2007 'are significant and the benefits remain unclear.' Instead, Becta is advising British schools to take a long look at Linux and open source suites like OpenOffice.org."
Ow. Bad for the US economy!!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ow. Bad for the US economy!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ow. Bad for the US economy!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Ow. Bad for the US economy!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Let me just be the first to say (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Ministry of the Obvious? (Score:3, Funny)
Microsoft's response, "How do you know it'll hurt until you've tried it"?
Re:Ow. Bad for the US economy!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but they're British nuclear weapons. Before you could launch them, therefore, someone would have to come out and knock on the silo door to say that the power cables were never actually connected during installation, so they need to dig up the street to connect them--but first they have to get permission from the city council, which takes three weeks, and then six weeks later after the work's finally done, your actual launch technician is a toothless yob named Nigel with an Exeter City FC tattoo, who promptly says "Well, it's a nuclear warhead, innit? More than my job's worth, pushing that button." He then re-disconnects your power cables and fucks off for another six weeks while you call the same number over and over again trying to get someone else to come out, but only reaching "Kenneth" in Mumbai....
Re:Ministry of the Obvious? (Score:5, Funny)
This so-called DDoS (Deeper Destruction of Sclera) attack can be prevented by installing Stick Service Pack 1, which adds an outer layer of additional protection to the stick thus preventing third parties from snapping the stick and re-assembling it to include their extension.
A tool is available to check your stick to see whether it has been affected by a malicious attack. The tool detects stick size changes - ask your stationery supplier for the '30cm ruler' tool.
Re:Ministry of the Obvious? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why wasnt France the first? (Score:3, Funny)
I can't read that (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Really. M$ Blew it. (Score:5, Funny)
This is BECTA's final report [becta.org.uk], the result of a two year study. Last year, they practically begged M$ for case studies and pilot projects to prove Vista's worth. There are only two reasons M$ failed to answer BECTA's concerns:
No, three reasons:
Our four...no... Amongst our reasons.... I'll come in again.
Re:Ow. Bad for the US economy!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ATTENTION MODS (Score:1, Funny)
Completely different.