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An agency employed by the government in the UK has told schools in the UK that they should stay away from Windows Vista and Office 2007 when looking to upgrade.

The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) has not seen enough evidence that the related costs such as hardware upgrades and installation would produce enough benefit to warrant the £175 million it would cost schools to upgrade. At the same time they have stated that Office 2007 has no ‘must have’ features for schools and should be avoided, and that schools should look more towards free options and those that support the international standard ODF (Open Document Format) for storing files. The report criticizes Microsoft “ for dragging its feet with incorporating support for ODF in Office 2007.”

Not good news then for Microsoft in the school sector in the UK!

Via [Macworld]

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