[Year 12 IPM] Microsoft Office Licencing Query

[Tim Kitchen]

We have been using Star Office /Open Office for about 5 years as our
main application software at Strathcona. Combining this with a Linux OS
has saved lots. Open source is an answer to many a prayer.

Tim Kitchen 

----- Original Message -----
From: Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au>
Date: Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:20 am
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Microsoft Office Licencing Query

> Have you considered switching to OpenOffice.org?
> http://www.openoffice.org/
> 
> - donna.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 10:13 +1100, Brad Owens wrote:
> > We are an independent school currently looking to upgrade from 
> MS Office 2000 to MS Office 2003.  We have approximately 400 
> workstations across the school (including primary & admin offices) 
> and our IT techs tell me the best price we can get is just over 
> $40K (about $100 per machine).  This seems rather high to me and 
> would take a huge chunk (ie all) of the software budget.  I was 
> just wondering if we were doing something wong or not talking to 
> the right people and what others experiences were.
> > 
> > Any advice would be greatfully received.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Brad
> > 
> > Brad Owens
> > Information Technology Coordinator
> > Maranatha Christian School
> > (Ph): 9709 7245
> > (Fax): 9706 1910
> > 
> > 
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