That was my general understanding. I talked to people at my local primary in wellington and was told that they can get what ever software they want on their system.
HTH Cheers Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Douglas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: "Everyone" uses it Was:Church opensource. > > > Vaguely on topic: is the government to blame for the monistic > attitude to Microsoft Operating Systems and software - I > heard the government buys licences from MS for every school > in the country. Can someone confirm that? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Cheetham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 12:32 p.m. > > To: canterbury linux users group > > Subject: RE: "Everyone" uses it Was:Church opensource. > > > > > > On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 11:55, Don Gould wrote: > > > It's easy to get finance for hardware.... software on the > > other hand. > > > Everyone's using Microsoft Power Point for a reason in > New Zealand. > > > > Are they? > > > > <rant temperature="moderate"> > > > > It would be more accurate to say that "everyone" is using it for a > > lack-of reason ... they don't know there is an alternative, > they think > > that "everyone" is using "whatever it is", and obviously > > "everyone" must > > be right. > > > > "We" know there is an alternative - in fact there are many > > alternatives. > > "We" also believe that most of these alternatives are > > superior in almost > > every respect - OOo is "free", KeyNote is prettier (that's > > expensive Mac > > software, BTW). > > > > However, as long as people don't supply alternatives, > "everyone" will > > continue to render unto Gates that which should not be his. > > > > (The supply chain will not supply free software > alternatives. They are > > only interested in supplying things that they can see a > profit margin > > on, and there are few exceptions because most people in the > IT supply > > chain are basically unskilled at customer relationships other than > > short-term profiteering) > > (Yes, there are some exceptions. Support them in preference to their > > competition.) > > > > </rant> > > > > -jim > > > > >
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