[Opensource] BBC Article - Schools warned off Microsoft

[Stephen Bloomer]

If you are running Office 2003 and you install the Office 2007 compatibility pack (Free and in MSI format for easy deployment) you staff will be able to open, save and modify Office 2007 documents and not even know that the different format exists and if you can't print them, the problem is with you print server, not the file format.
 
Stephen Bloomer
support at stpeters.vic.edu.au 
St. Peter's College
Cranbourne-Frankston Road
Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3977
Phone  +61 3 5996 6733
Fax      +61 3 5996 8277

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From: opensource-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Adam Barbary
Sent: Tue 30/10/2007 10:01 PM
To: Open Source Software Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Opensource] BBC Article - Schools warned off Microsoft



Nice find Cameron,

Pity that Victoria has just inked a contract for $24 Million with MS. 
Given that XP already does what schools need and alternatives are 
often free, makes you wonder why there is an upgrade deal at all.

Problems with Office 2007 are already becoming apparent as students 
begin to submit work in the new proprietary formats. The schools 
computer fleet, running Office 2003, are not equipped to read the new 
file formats. (Although there is an update available to read, not 
write) so students are unable to edit their documents at school and 
teachers unable to print them without assistance from tech support.

Time to stop the money trail and install Open Office ;)

Adam Barbary
Viewbank College


On 30/10/2007, at 8:58 PM, Cameron Bell wrote:

> Schools warned off Microsoft
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7063716.stm
>
> Cheers
> Cameron
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