If you don’t ask…

…you don’t get.

My childrens school sent out a questionnaire, which we returned this morning. It was the usual stuff – Are you happy with the amount of homework? What improvements would you make to the school facilities? etc.

It was the final question that caught my eye though: Any other comments? A fairly innocuous question you may think, but I saw a perfect platform for me:

I would like to see more use of Free and Open Source software used in education.

I also added a note that I was happy to discuss this with them. Nothing may come of it, but on the other hand…