BECTA, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, has released its long-awaited report from the study “Open Source Software in Schools: A study of the spectrum of use and related ICT infrastructure costs.” (Follow the link for a PDF download of the report.)

The study finds very significant TCO (total cost of ownership) savings (up to 50%) for schools that move from proprietary operating systems, office productivity software, and other applications to open source competitors like Linux, OpenOffice, the GIMP, and others.

eGov monitor provides a convenient summary as well.

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