Oh, I forgot. I'm extremely cheap, but this one's a no-brainer for me. Why pay when I can get something for free (or near free) and can spend that money on something else. OpenOffice, StarOffice, 602 Suite, and even AbiWord are programs that we use here on PC's or Linux. We're even thinking of putting a thin-client lab of Linux computers in one lab instead of a Windows lab.
js -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JON W HUESER Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [info-tech] Star Office Debate again Just thought I would throw this out and tell the others in the group that we here at East Greene are probably going to switch everything over to Star Office 6 next year except my business lab (I will load both) and a couple of other people. I can't afford to update my Office 97 to the new one district wide. I do not have $10,000 to do that and Star office is free. I am test running now in a couple of labs and everything is working great and we can still open our office documents. Give me some of your feelings on this or if you just want to let me be the foolish test school I will do that. If I had more money I would consider Office but since I don't I have to look at alternatives. -- Thanks, Jon W. Hueser Comp/Tech. Coord. East Greene Comm. Schools 405 12th Str. South Box 377 Grand Junction, IA 50107 Phone: 515-738-2411 ext. 241 Fax: 515-738-5719 Pager: 800-365-7789 #220268 email pager: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.east-greene.k12.ia.us -- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea5.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ --------------------------------------------------------- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------
