thanks - yes - and because of the silly idea in my head of MS lowering price
of MS office to $3 a copy.
On Nov 16, 2007 12:38 PM, Seth Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >The big question to ask is if you have any experience with education in
> >China or if this is just your perception of wha
Google docs is great; just thinking of those who might doubt the xo, if MS
office is in their long-term plans -- but I believe google is an excellent
way to learn office apps and would be glad to show any individual (or
education minister) who desires a demo. If such doubt exists, and they don't
fe
>The big question to ask is if you have any experience with education in
>China or if this is just your perception of what China wants.
I'm pretty sure that Todd means to use China because it would be
innexpensive to host there, not because it is particularly something that
China needs.
On Nov 15
On Nov 16, 2007 7:51 AM, Bert Freudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That is definitely true, and in fact much more versatile than
> Powerpoint. Granted, we do not have as many bullet styles ;)
... yet :)SJ
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On Nov 16, 2007, at 13:44 , Walter Bender wrote:
> Etoys can view Powerpoint
Not quite (but I admit Etoys is so rich that even I cannot remember
everything). As far as I know, you can export Powerpoint slides to a
series of images, and import them in Etoys to recreate the presentation.
> and
For that matter, Google docs lets you import .doc, .ppt. and .xls
files. They are already running a server. And they include sharing.
Better to put our efforts in to continuing to improve our own
offerings: Abiword (Write) is more than adequate for most needs; there
is a simple spreadsheet program
Would it be possible to set up an inexpensive data center in china, put an
application server together, and serve windows xp and ms office (at the $3
educational pricing), and then serve them through VNC on the xo, treating it as
a thin client, to address those in some countries who may feel it
On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 20:10 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Would it be possible to set up an inexpensive data center in china, put an
> application server together, and serve windows xp and ms office (at the $3
> educational pricing)
Remember that is $3 per user
> , and then serve them thro
