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On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:39:53 +0000 Aaron Trevena wrote: > 2009/3/27 Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> > > This sums up the stupidity of the article for me: > > "I'm training to be a teacher and am on a tight budget at the > > moment, so free software should be really attractive to me, but I'm > > just too heavily reliant on Microsoft Office and Windows to > > consider switching operating systems. I use Word and PowerPoint on > > a regular basis" > > > > I'm on a tight budget at the moment so I bought MS Office. What a > > prat! Sorry but I meet this to often to realise that with this > > article and many others there is no intention to move. I offer > > folks a copy of Open Office which works as well as or even better > > that MS Office and certainly quicker than the current version.... > > and of course it is free - tight budget!!! I've been on tight > > budgets! > > I'm not sure what exactly he could require from MS Office as a > trainee teacher. > > It's not like he's going to have a load of custom macros and vb that > he wrote himself. > > I'm guessing it's a case of 'Office was hard to learn, I dont want to > go through that again'. > > A. > Depending on the environment he's in, he may be *required* to put all his work on the School/College's Moodle (or Moodle-like) system. I imagine he'd get a few complaints if he started putting ODF documents on there. (And yes, I know OOo can save as MSOffice documents, but that requires that these people actually think... which, I think we have established, does not happen.) Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html