Open Source

How might open source software be used in your learning
environment?
I think that open source software could be used extensively at my school. We are an IBO school and therefore not allowed to use the pirate stuff that is everywhere here. I am also interested in this and am going to try NVU or New View a WYSIWYG website tool said to rival Dreamweaver and Expression Web. The link is here http://nvudev.com/index.php

Is software piracy a problem within your environment and might
the use of open source software reduce this?

Yes piracy is a national problem actually. You can buy anything in software for as little as $3 a CD. It’s not down some dark alley either. You can buy it in a nice shop with marble floors in shiny malls.

Are you paying licensing fees for the use of elearning tools?

At school we only pay for ‘Turn it In’, ‘Sirs Discoverer’ and ‘Pro Quest’. We have a campus license for Windows and there is talk of changing over to Vista.