“The mistake made by the nurses was a mathematical miscalculation which in other working environments might not have been quite so catastrophic”
The quote is from the coroner in a case of a 15 day old baby given 10 times the prescribed dose of Digoxin to slow a fast heart rate and appears on the BBC [...]
The Becta report based on an ‘oportunity’ sample of schools using Open Source software to varying extents compared to schools using commercial software (i.e. Windows servers, desktops and Office) has now been published (publication was delayed during the General Election).
The BECTa press release has a good summary
The full BECTa report Open Source Software in Schools [...]
A couple of sites with information on the Mother of all Search Engines
The Ubuntu live cd runs fine on my iBook and lets me demonstrate an alternative operating system
Paper has a function and the paperless office isn’t going to happen. Looking at how people use paper might lead us to understand where IT solutions might work well.