Ping Wales: Open Source Promise Turns Sour At Orwell High

“An open source systems deployment at Orwell High School in
Felixstowe, Suffolk, has reportedly been abandoned by the school’s
IT manager, leaving pupils with a hybrid OSS/proprietary system
that is far from useable, and has impacted the pupils’ academic
performance.

“Nearly two years ago, the Cutter Project implemented a
Linux-based system at Orwell. The roll-out took place mainly over
the summer and Cutter was in charge of the maintenance of the
system.

“Things began to go awry when the school’s IT manager, an open
source champion, was taken ill. His replacement was reportedly
unhappy to relinquish control of the system…”

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