On 20/02/15 13:12, Scott Junner wrote: > On the left hand side of that page you can see links to other related > areas. But they did make it clear to me that these sorts of things are > handled by the actual school.
The department has an install which includes a software bundle called 'eduSTAR'. Many schools use this because of the favorable costs. The Mac version is really just Apple proprietary applications for photos and video, with fairly limited coverage. The Windows version has a wide range of proprietary applications including most of the Microsoft Office applications, but also has free/libre software such as Audacity, FreeMind, GIMPshop, HandBrake, Inkscape, Pencil, Scratch, Stellarium, Tux Maths, and VirtualDub. My perception is that the bundle prioritizes Microsoft applications over any free/libre alternatives wherever the Microsoft program is half reasonable; I don't know if that bias is explicitly driven by the licensing deals or is just a lack of awareness about the issues with allowing companies (with commercial agendas) to frame educational settings. Glenn -- sks-keyservers.net 0x6d656d65
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