http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2007/05/05/tim-oreilly-interview-on-education-and-web20/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2007/05/05/tim-oreilly-interview-on-education-and-web20/comment-page-1/#comment-12287 jonesieboy Sun, 06 May 2007 13:53:46 +0000 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2007/05/05/tim-oreilly-interview-on-education-and-web20/#comment-12287 Spot on Tom! Public bodies in the UK seem to place huge emphasis on the notion of "value for money", and yet are willing to countenance massive expenditure on proprietary software for which excellent Open Source alternatives exist. Crazy. Spot on Tom! Public bodies in the UK seem to place huge emphasis on the notion of “value for money”, and yet are willing to countenance massive expenditure on proprietary software for which excellent Open Source alternatives exist. Crazy.

]]> http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2007/05/05/tim-oreilly-interview-on-education-and-web20/comment-page-1/#comment-12193 Tom Hoffman Sat, 05 May 2007 15:26:07 +0000 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2007/05/05/tim-oreilly-interview-on-education-and-web20/#comment-12193 This is, essentially, why I'm so persistent about free software and cheap, reliable hardware. If I had a million bucks to spend on a school, I certainly wouldn't spend it all on "technology." Maybe a quarter or a third, and it had better keep running without constant hand-holding. This is, essentially, why I’m so persistent about free software and cheap, reliable hardware. If I had a million bucks to spend on a school, I certainly wouldn’t spend it all on “technology.” Maybe a quarter or a third, and it had better keep running without constant hand-holding.

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