James Knott wrote: > Yesterday, I attended the "Ontario Linux Fest" in Toronto. One of the > presenters described the efforts to provide computers to very low income > high school students. They take donated computers and install Linux, > including OpenOffice on them. One thing they do, is set the default > file formats to MS Office. The reason they do this is, thanks to the > contract the school board has with Microsoft, competing software, such > as OpenOffice, is banned from school computers, so teachers cannot > accept files in ODF. > >
isn't there a filter for ODF files in MS? And if what you are saying is accurate (which I believe so) then that just means that they can't _install_ OpenOffice. How that flies with antitrust I have no idea. Plus if you look at it in one perspective, OpenOffice doesn't _compete_ with Microsoft in terms of dollars. And somehow the idea of requiring ISO and open software in government is heretical to the concept of a free market. Go figure. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
