Roadblocks to Linux in Education

An anonymous reader writes "The Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) has lashed out at government schools and education departments for snubbing FOSS. In this column, OSIA says it has been trying for over two years to make headway with these government agencies but 'they tell me that they are scared of doing anything which will upset Microsoft.'" From the article: "If these departments suddenly stopped paying for proprietary software and switched to FOSS, the schools know they won't reap any of the purported savings. So, why would schools bother with trialling FOSS? Where's the incentive?"

Re:Hmm

[TykeClone]

DEET (Department of Education, not sure what the letters all stand for)

The extra "E" is to keep the mosquitos away!

Re:what are those idiots in the schools smoking?

[marcushnk]

Unfortunatly it's ingrained in our culture. Australians have a lack of faith in our own abilities and power. The result is we allow ourselves to be bullied like this because we are afraid to make a mistake.
Your 100% right you know.
Also much of the educational software is written for windows, not much point having a crap load of PC's with no ability to use the tools the teachers KNOW.