New Zealand School Chooses Open Source Software

Angus Kidman is reporting that Albany Senior High School in Auckland, New Zealand has moved to open source software. From the article:

Ditching Microsoft is highly unusual within the NZ education sector, as a long-standing contract with the national government means the software giant is paid for technology for the school even though none has been used. Microsoft’s dominance also means that most planning documents for education presume an Microsoft infrastructure.

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