Hello,
My name is Brad Rellinger from Anthony Wayne Local Schools in
Whitehouse, OH. We are currently evaluating the possibility of
implementing and Open Source "Office" solution into our District. We
have approximately 2400 Macintosh computers in 6 buildings. We are
using Microsoft Office X and realize that we will soon need to decide
on whether to sign a contract with Microsoft to upgrade to the latest
version or completely switch to an Open Source solution. Therefore
we have a few questions about OpenOffice for Mac.
1) We have been evaluating NeoOffice. After reading through their
forums, I notice that you guys cut ties with them about a year ago.
This makes us second guess our inital intention to implement
NeoOffice for next school year. X11 is not an option for us. Is
there a timeline or guess on when an full Aqua, native, version of
OpenOffice for Mac will be available?
2) Are their any textbooks or teaching tools out there specifically
for OpenOffice? We have 2 classes that teach the Microsoft Office
Suite and would need something to replace their textbook with.
3) How similar will the Aqua version of OpenOffice be compared to the
Windows version of OpenOffice. We would like to be able to encourage
students to download OpenOffice at home on their Windows computers
and be able to complete the lessons taught with the Mac version.
Thanks for your time and assistance in this manner.
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Brad Rellinger
Technology Specialist
Anthony Wayne Schools K-12
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
