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.

-- 
Robin Laing




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