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  From: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au>
  To  : Jason Tan <jason@rebel.rebel.net.au>
  Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:40:46 +0930

Re: MS Curriculum at schools and TAFEs ...

On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Jason Tan wrote:
> > in practice anyway.
> > 
> > My concern in this M$ vs *nix (or any other OS, for that matter) is
> > that  public bodies have no right to dictate the use of a particular
> > commercial OS as they do at the moment.  That stricture applies to all
> > education institutions, too.
> 
> Brian could you please clarify here.
> Do you mean that public bodies dont ahve the ritght to dictacte to
> themselves (ue their own internal users) or the public in general?

I mean you & me.  ie if the document is public it should be available
in a form which is useable by all members of the public.

Similarly, educators should be even-handed in their teaching
and not - even by neglect of alternatives - promote a particular OS.

Public bodies DO have the duty to use the cheapest and most efficient
tools for the work they do - after all it is our money they are
spending!  I agree that this is a separate issue so far as M$ vs *nix
is concerned. 

-- 
Regards,
Brian

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Flinders University Institute of International Education
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