__/ [ [H]omer ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 10:36 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Removal of Microsoft Office riles some school Macintosh users
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | New software agreements for schools are riling some teachers who are
>> | required to remove Microsoft Office from all Apple Macintoshes used
>> | in the classroom.
>> `----
>>
>> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/BA07C6E3F5B6DEFCCC2572BF00103732
>
> Actually it would appear from the article that it is *MS Office* that is
> being eliminated from those schools ... not *Macs*.
>
> .----
> | Apple Macs in the classroom are therefore not covered for MS Office
> | in this agreement and will need to have MS Office removed if it had
> | been deployed under the previous agreement.
> |
> | ...
> |
> | It?s not so much of an issue in the classroom. We?re using Google
> | Docs, Google spreadsheet and other open-source software anyway. We
> | did use Office in the classroom, [but only] because we had it.
> `----
>
> Well ... *good*.
Oh, my apologies. I found this through a Mac Web site, which had a certain
slant on the story. Well done indeed. They'll use OpenDocument (I don't know
how good the export function is, but Google collaborates with Sun on this),
so a subsequent/intermediate move to cross platform, open source office
suites would be a snap.
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