Speaking of OSS in schools

[Brian]

Ripped from the headlines of /.:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4642461.stm


How schools can get free software
school computer room
Schools' computer costs have been rising
The UK government's school computing agency, Becta, has said schools could
save costs by switching to what is known as open source software.

In open source software (OSS), the underlying computer code is freely
available so users can alter it and publish new versions, to benefit the
community.