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RE: [school-discuss] StarOffice in Edu.



Hi

The bad news is I haven't found a good explanation why education haven't
adopted StarOffice/OpenOffice wholesale. The good news is in the UK it's
happening in more and more areas, and with it a recognition of the
effectiveness of Linux, particularly by primary schools and specifically the
benefits of thin client setups. Watch this space...

Regards

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Reed
To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
Sent: 9/18/02 12:48 AM
Subject: [school-discuss] StarOffice in Edu.

I read today in a release on zdnet "Sun expands StarOffice giveway" (see
link 
below) that Microsoft has 90% of the office suite market in Edu. 

I'm curious why a free product like StarOffice is not more prevalent in 
education. Is it an issue of support? Usability? Laziness (people don't
want 
to switch ffrom MS Office)? Or other?

I appreciate your thoughts.

Chris 

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-09-17-009-26-NW-SW-PB

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