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		<title><![CDATA[UK tech agency warns schools on Vista licensing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK tech agency warns schools on Vista licensingBECTA are getting there....They now need to lobby even harder for platform independence in curriculum software.  There is still so much dependence on the MS infrastructure that it is difficult for schools to project a vendor-neutral image.BECTA should move to a stance...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UK tech agency warns schools on Vista licensing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Becta, the British government's agency for education technology (does the U.S. have anything remotely similar?), is telling schools not to sign licensing agreements with Microsoft, Ars Technica reports.  At issue: Microsoft's School Agreement program, which offers admins the comfort of a single license for all Windows PCs in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:13:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vista closed for UK schools]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://education.zdnet.com/?p=769]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsofts Windows Vista and Office 2007 dont offer enough new features to warrant the investment, a British educational survey advisory group found, advising schools against upgrading.    Although Microsoft touts huge improvements in its new software, The British Education Communications and Technology Association BECTA report cautions against it,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:39:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[British debate over IT standards]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://education.zdnet.com/?p=526]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the US, we have No Child Left Behind. In Britain, seemingly always moving in lockstep with America, there's the Every Child Matters agenda. And as NCLB has imposed substantial information systems requirements on school systems, ECM also requires a steady flow of information about student performance between schools, local...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:05:25 -0700</pubDate>
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