The case is, that the CIO (Jens Kjellerup) decided to implement
OpenOffice in primary schools from last summer. This decision was from
the beginning backed up by the local politicians.
At that time, Microsoft technical manager Jasper Bojsen sendt an open
letter to the mayer, claiming that the decision would put students from
Lyngby-Taarbæk in a very poor situation, because OpenOffice.org is not
as 'feature rich' as his own product. That letter went right back on him
and the local politicians made a clear statement, that they where
backing up the decision.
The students from _one_ school have made complaints about compatibility
and lack of training and information. Some rumors says that the
complaint was actually written by a Microsoft employee, but that can't
be proven. The fact is, that the letter was by an adult and not by a child.
It turns out that the case has nothing to do with either OpenOffice.org
or the children. It's about information and instructions. The
information given from the city hall was never passed on to the children
on that particular school. The students didn't know, that they should
use OpenOffice.org for their homework. They where never told that they
could get help from the city hall etc. This is, what I would call a
school example of what happens if you implement OpenOffice.org
I have spoken to the CIO this week and I know him well. He is a well
known supporter of FOSS and OpenOffice.org in Denmark. I have told him
that the community would be happy to help and I expect to meet with him
on Tuesday morning
to make the arrangements.
Best regards,
Leif Lodahl
Lead of DA.OpenOffice.org
John McCreesh skrev:
"Can it be true that a school union complained to the Danish
Lyngby-Taarbaek Municipality council and mayor after they put the schools
on to FOSS productivity software?"
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014804o-2000673651b,00.htm
John
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