The ‘Opening opportunities – freeing learning’ conference in April showed that interest in the use of open source software in schools continues to be strong and is spreading beyond the original converts. The conference was supported by SSAT, in particular by the ICT Register which provides networking opportunities across a range of educational technology themes for some 600 schools.  A significant new theme for the relaunch of the Register will be open source software.  Already there are around 100 schools on the Register reporting successful use of open source software. Following discussions at the conference, Open Source Schools is currently planning how best to collaborate with the Register while maintaining its unique identity.