Ditching Microsoft can save millions PA News Published: 06 May 2005 Primary schools could cut their computer costs by nearly half if they stopped buying, operating and supporting products from the world’s largest software company, government research has found. Secondaries could also slash their information technology overheads by a quarter if they moved away from Microsoft and other commercial programs, according to an analysis carried out by the British Educational Communications and Technology Association, the Government’s ICT agency. The findings could undermine Microsoft’s hold on the education market, but they raise the prospect of millions of pounds of savings for...