A Sad State of Affairs: Open Source in the UK

"I stated yesterday that open source had not been widely adopted in the UK without really backing the statement up. Fortunately SiriusIT, the UK-based open source services firm, has revamped its site with a blog entry explaining the situation with the example of open source adoption in the schools sector.

"'The ICT procurement framework for schools was introduced with the best of intentions. Becta, a Government quango, sought to bring structure to the school ICT sector...'"

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Report: Schools Will Increase Spending on Open Source(Jan 24, 2008)
• Becta Promises to Do More to Promote Open Source in UK Schools(Jan 10, 2008)
• UK Government: Closed Minds on Open Source(Jan 04, 2008)