Lief,
As I wrote today--and I'll probably see you later on--there was an
event in Brazil and Portugal yesterday in which it was mentioned that
millions of schoolchildren are getting OOo on Linux boxen. The
governments of Brazil, Portugal and also Venezuela are rolling out
these boxes, which are inexpensive Intel devices, by the millions;
they are made in Portugal.
Then there is Spain, and not just Extremadura, which has deployed OOo
throughout, but especially to schools. And, outside of Latin America,
there is South Africa, which is also moving hugely to OOo (like, all)
and Malaysia, Vietnam, and sections of Brussels.
Indeed, there is a huge movement throughout the world to use
OpenOffice.org. 3.0 has made a big difference but these decisions were
made prior to the Betas and RCs. Rather the decision has to do with
the fact that governments rightly recognize that in order to introduce
students to the modern, 21st century world of knowledge technology and
commerce, they need something that is not encumbered by cost, license,
monopoly but which is free and freeing.
ciao
louis
See our Major Deployments Page:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments
On 2008-10-01, at 19:16 , Leif Lodahl wrote:
Based on a question from one of the large Danish Municipals, I would
like to ask you how OpenOffice.org is used in primary schools in
your region.
The question comes after an article in the Danish computer magazine
Computerworld.dk today: http://www.computerworld.dk/art/48201 with
the header: Swedish municipals moves to OpenOffice (...in schools)
Here is an english translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerworld.dk%2Fart%2F48201&hl=da&ie=UTF-8&sl=da&tl=en
1) To what extent do the public schools use OpenOffice.org?
2) Is OpenOffice.org the only office suite or can the teachers and
pupils make a choice?
3) Is the use of OpenOffice.org based on some kind of collaboration
between the municipals or is the decision made individually?
In case OpenOffice.org is *not* used, is this caused by aggressive
marketing and price dumping from Microsoft ?
In Denmark, I can tell you, the interest is increasing enormously
these days. I'm in contact with almost all the Danish municipals
about OpenOffice.org (and other F/OSS applications) in primary
schools.
--
Med venlig hilsen - best regards,
Leif Lodahl
Native-Language coordinator DA.OpenOffice.org
Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Blog: http://lodahl.blogspot.com/
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