Living Without MicrosoftXPloring the alternatives(Untitled)- January 21, 2008 This is the ASUS Eee 701 PC. Acting on the suggestion of a colleague, just before Christmas I slipped into a Toys &8216;R Us store, handed over 219 (186.38 ex VAT) and came home with a smartest little machine I&8217;ve seen in ages. It&8217;s a Linux box configured for the school-kid market (hence ...http://www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org/2008/01/21/77/ BECTA advises UK schools: dont upgrade to Vista- January 12, 2008 Peter Sayer, of IDG News Service reports on BECTA&8217;s considered opinion of Microsoft Vista: British schools should not upgrade to Microsoft&8217;s Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) said in a report on the software. It also supported use of the international standard ODF (Open Document Format) ...http://www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org/2008/01/12/becta-advises-uk-schools-dont-upgrade-to-... |