On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:16:14 -0700 (PDT) Colin Sharpe wrote: [snip]
> > I suspect that most home users either use stolen MS > Office software or OpenOffice.org, and that those > still using Works are few. Of course, impoverished > independent schools like the one where my wife works > are another exception - they wouldn't want to get > caught with stolen software. I am still trying to > persuade them to see sense and download OO.o. Perfect > sense really, since students and teachers can have the > same software at home, and nobody has to pay. > Approach OO.o marketing for assistance. Print off recent articles like these: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/7063716.stm http://tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1838 Find out who makes the decisions at the school. Approach their IT person, then Principal, then Board? in that order (Board is country dependent). Be prepared, migration is not just a download and install process. Think about all the training materials they have built around works. Both for the students and teachers. Make sure you can stay the distance if you do choose to take it on. Information that can help. Vendor Lockin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in The suites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Works http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openoffice.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ODF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_adoption -- Michael Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
