[Year 12 IPM] RE: To be considered

[David Irving]

do we pay a yearly license to microsoft for office?
 
davo
 
 
 
David Irving
ICT Coordinator
 
Monivae College
Ballarat Rd., 
Hamilton,
Victoria, 3300
P.O. Box 423
Phone:55721244
 
 

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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Tim Kitchen
Sent: Thu 3/11/2005 4:33 PM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Microsoft Office Licencing Query



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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