Fishing License
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Thu May 11 19:01:51 UTC 2006
Jacques B. wrote:
> Now how does this come into play if someone is running a MS
> application using Wine or CrossOver Office? Certainly licensing
> would still be a requirement. But what would be the implications of
> trying to monitor/enforce same both for MS and for the employer?
>
> A bit off the initial subject of this thread ... but I'd love to see
> the schools adopt Open Office (or Sun's Star Office), at minimum in
> addition to any commercial office suite they would have. I don't own
> PowerPoint. So I installed Open Office on both my Linux & Windows
> partitions (personally I use the Linux one and log the kids into that
> one as well, but need the Windows one as I can't seem to find a driver
> for my Xerox GDI printer to work in Linux so I have to go over to
> Windows to print). But when I save it in PPT format for compatibility
> with the school, some of the animation does't translate as intended.
> It's unreasonable to expect parents to have access to PowerPoint for
> school projects. But it would be very reasonable to allow them to use
> OpenOffice. It's the end of the school year so I won't push it for
> now. But next year I'll be urging them to install it on their PCs to
> provide that option (& support) to parents/students at no cost to the
> school beyond a bit of time from the techie.
I would talk to the school system now as they will probably be
rebuilding systems in the summer. It is a great time to install any new
or updates software.
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Robin Laing
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