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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">Paul – I did a brief comparison between gopc, google docs and edu@live and what really impressed me was the list of applications
<a href="http://www.gopc.net/whatisgopc/gopower-applications">http://www.gopc.net/whatisgopc/gopower-applications</a> plus the fact that is open source<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">Oliver Murray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D">Head of ICT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> opensource-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:opensource-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Chandler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 2 March 2011 12:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Open Source Software Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Opensource] Cloud computing [Spam score:13%]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Oliver - did you do a comparison of gopc vs googledocs? I'm just interested in what gopc might provide that googledocs doesn't.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Oliver Murray <<a href="mailto:omurray@gegs.wa.edu.au">omurray@gegs.wa.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hi</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I recently researched Cloud Computing using feedback from a number of mailing lists.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">My searching led me to
<a href="http://www.gopc.net/" target="_blank">http://www.gopc.net/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">In my opinion this seems to be the perfect solution for education. From almost any device any student or staff member can access their
data and full suite of applications (all open source)... as long as an internet connection is available it allows any time anywhere learning.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The long term cost savings in licensing, hardware upgrade and support staff should considerably outweigh the subscription costs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Unfortunately I am unable to generate the momentum and garner the support to take my school in this direction but feel this solution
is ideal for education and hope that members of this list may find it useful</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Oliver Murray</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Head of ICT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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