Windows at school, a student's perspective

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Mon Mar 28 16:14:04 UTC 2005


B B wrote:

> 
> Publicly funded Schools should, of course use open
> file formats and not force you to submit work in
> proprietary file formats. If M$ wants those programs
> in schools it should be forced to GPL the code but
> instead it looks like it has chosen to bribe the
> schools and deceive the students with pretend
> innovation and con man offers.

Supposedly, students in Ontario schools are supposed to be using Star 
Office at school and OpenOffice at home.  However, I haven't heard of 
anyone using it.  Is it there yet?
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