____/ Mark Kent on Friday 26 October 2007 15:24 : \____
> Adam Baum <bomb@xxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:2196947.zS2hW6qIIB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Tyler Tech: Open-source a software alternative
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | OpenOffice.org is, as the name would suggest, a full open-source suite
>>> of
>>> | office programs. Every program a student ever needs is in here, from a
>>> | writing program to a presentation creator similar to PowerPoint. The
>>> suite
>>> | was originally developed by Sun Microsystems and was aimed solely at
>>> | providing a free alternative to Microsoft Office. It is compatible with
>>> and
>>> | can save files as any Microsoft Office format.
>>> `----
>>
>> So Harvard, Princeton and MIT students use Windows and MS-Office. But "Tyler
>> Tech" uses Open Office. I guess that'll prepare the students well for their
>> future jobs as TV repair men.
>>
>
> Harvard, Princeton and MIT all use Linux. Because it's better.
It's usually the /small/ and obscure colleges that use {everything
Microsoft}^TM because that's all they know.
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