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Microsoft's education claims rebuffed

Publication:ZDNet UKDate:May 18 2005
Reporter:Peter Judge

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Open source advocates have conceded that open source software for schoolwork is weak right now, but promise a better future, as the battle for Britain's school IT systems continues.

"Some schools are hooked on particular applications that only run on Windows," said Richard Rothwell, chairman of educational user group Schoolforge UK, "but there are ways for schools to get onto high quality sustainable open source software".




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