Open Source Software in Schools Could Save Billions

A simple cost effective idea for schools, surely this won't happen! A great article by John Spencer over at ComputerWorldUK highlights an area where schools could save billions by using Open Source software.

If you're not familiar with Open Source software then a quick description would be that it's free to download and use in many different forms.

There's plenty of software out there for the office such as Google Apps that not just schools can take advantage of but office workers too.

This opportunity would also open up areas for students to really get their teeth into software and programming for free, something I would have loved. I can still see those old machine probably as powerful as a couple of calculators put together, those were the days!

The only down side is trying to get Mrs Abrahams to switch from her trusty Windows 98 machine with all her favourite applications! Oh well we can but hope.

Reference for Open Source.