Ont Education Ministry goes for Star Office

[James Knott]

William Park wrote:
> On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 12:11:09AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
> 
>>Quote...
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>>>Schools at all levels have chosen the interoperable Star Office
>>>suite instead of more expensive office productivity products because
>>>they can re-invest saved funds into other projects for students,
>>>the ministry stated.
>>
>>  For full story see...
>>
>>
>>>http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040527.gtsun0527/BNStory/Technology/
> 
> 
> Good info.  Unfortunately, it doesn't say how much they paid.
> 

Probably a bit less than they would for MS Office.  I wonder why they 
didn't go for OpenOffice?

Hopefully they'll tell the kids about OO, so that they can install it on 
their home computers.

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