[H-GEN] QLD Education

[hphillips at 4ward.com.au]

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Robert,

I can't speak for anyone else but I am not part of the QLD Ed department. Do you believe anyone on this list is?

If so then great, if not then maybe this e-mail should have been sent to your local State member of someone at the QLD education head office. regarding their policies.

Having said that you will most likely find that the agreement is confidential, MS probably don't want people to know how much they are raiding the public purse.

Robert Brockway sent this link through a while back
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/4216/1/
I read the article and was very impressed.

I was also wondering what LTSP stands for.

Regards
Harry

> The LTSP Discuss mailing list recently had the following posting.
> 
> Is it true, does MS have QLD eductaion tied up in an exclusive licensing
> contract? 
> If so does anyone know much about the details?
> 
> 
> Robert Stanford
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Unfortunately we don't have software freedom in our schools in
> > Australia, I offered to set up Linux servers using LTSP (for free) to
> my
> > kid's primary School in Queensland, Australia. Below is the response
> > from the headmaster and my response to him
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >  Hello John,
> > >  Thank you for your letter of 28 May regarding the possibilities of
> > using
> > > Linux in our new technology hub.
> > > 
> > > While it sounds very interesting, I need to inform you that we are
> > bound by
> > > Education Queensland's policies on this issue.  That means we need
> to
> > abide
> > > by the User Agreement that Ed Qld. has signed with Microsoft to use
> > standard
> > > Operating Systems - Windows N.T 4 - in all schools. I believe it is
> a
> > 5 year
> > > agreement.
> > >  That limits us in terms of what you are proposing.
> > >  It may be worth while to explore the options with Central Office as
> > they
> > > are the ones making these decisions.
> > > 
> > >  Thanks for your continuing interest in this school
> > >  Regards
> > > 
> > 
> > Hello Andy, 
> > Thanks for the reply, it is a pity that the Queensland Government have
> > taken this rather narrow path. As I said, Linux is used all over the
> > World with great success, I understand that your hands are tied which
> is
> > regrettable. Queensland, "The Smart State", I don't think so.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > regards,
> > 
> > 
> > John



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