"According to an article in PublicTechnology.net, “Becta advises on Microsoft Vista & Office 2007 for schools & colleges”, upgrades to Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007."Including;
"Pupils, teachers and parents should also be made aware of the wide range of free-to-use products currently available and on how to use and access them."
http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2013
Also:
“We remain concerned about the approach taken to supporting ODF in Office 2007. While the product includes the functionality to read virtually every other relevant file format ‘out of the box’, the processes for dealing with ODF files are very cumbersome. We identified ten steps that users would need to take in order to locate and install the converter that gives Office 2007 the ability to access ODF files and note that the arrangements for opening and saving ODF files in Microsoft Office 2007 are not intuitive in that they deviate from the normal approach familiar to users. We believe that these arrangements present sufficient technical difficulties for the majority of users to make them disinclined to use competitor products and this may weaken competition.”
http://boycottnovell.com/2008/01/10/becta-and-odf/
And:
"The Becta report called on PC suppliers to offer schools the choice of at least one open-source office-productivity suite. It recommended the use of free software, pointing to the successful development of Google Apps, StarOffice and the free version of IBM's Lotus Symphony."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39292043,00.htm
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