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Re: [seul-edu] What do the students think?
However, you forget that many people get very attachted
to their tools. Like MS Word, Excel, and Power Point,
Lotus, etc. Abiword is a strong product but still has a
hard time with some word files and RTF (this is a
problem). PowerPoint is another problem there is
currently no good replacement for that. I don't know if
StarOffice presentation program is a good replacement
and if it is compatible with PowerPoint, however, I
won't use StarOffice in a lab environment, because it
uses way too much disk space for each user and each user
must install the "stuff" needed for their account.
Bill
Quoting Jim Wildman <jawildman@cfanet.com>:
> They have a job to do, they want the tools they've
been given to
> work well so they can get the job done.
>
> This obviously plays into Linux's strong
suit...reliability. Most of
> the students don't care about all of the fonts,
formats, and templates
> that Word or WordPerfect offers. They want to be able
to start their
> paper, find it again, add stuff to it, and print it
off without retyping
> it.
>
> So find a way to use Linux to make life easier for
someone, and they
> will love the Penguin....even though they don't
understand. Make them
> look good, and they will love you. That may be the
teacher who can't
> take time to administer a system or a student who
thinks "Please don't
> crash!! I'm almost done!!".
>
> Eric Raymond is right for most people. They want to
live in a world
> where software doesn't stink.
>
>
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> Jim Wildman Senior Consultant,
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> jawildman@cfanet.com
jim.wildman@3x.com www.3x.com
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>
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> > All of us linux gurus :-) know that Linux is
awesome! But, what do
> > the students think? I, myself, as a student love it
but what do the
> > other "average," students think of it? Since the
students in school will
> > be the ones using it, we have to make sure they will
like it. Thanks,
> >
> > Kevin Brown.
> >
> >
>
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