CETIS-OSS Watch survey findings: interoperability a major factor in educational Open Source adoption.: "college system manager is trapped in proprietary solution, looks wistfully at the flexibility and standards support of FLOSS solutions, but doesn't dare switch, because she knows that all sorts of stuff will break, because that's what the proprietary stuff is designed to do. "

I've come across this situation, and am pleased to see the UK providing a good information source on the use of FLOSS [Free/Libre/Open Source Software]. Read the whole article and follow the links if you're interested in open source for higher education.