Hi Daniel,
On 2006-03-28, at 11:44 , Daniel Currier wrote:
I am a student at Illinois State University and am trying to get
all the computers switched over to OO but what I have been hearing
is that the school has contracts with Microsoft and can not switch.
Is there any subjection for encouraging this project along?
You mean objection? On our side, of course not. But the school
probably really does have contractual obligations.
The school has presently a CD that they hand out to any student or
facility at ISU containing programs like Mozilla products. The web
site can be located at http://www.ilstu.edu/helpdesk/downloads/.
Next year they might put open office on this CD. The below quote is
from the Tec dept. after I suggested it to them:
Great. What one can do, then, is introduce OOo as above (free
alternative, no paid for support) *and* as a development tool. That
latter usage is actually more interesting, as it introduces students
to a cool technology and even cooler work environment. For that,
though, we need to work with CS and Informatics professors....
"Thanks for your suggestion. We actually had a student technology
advisory committee review OpenOffice for use in University Computer
Labs and possible distribution on the itools cd. Unfortunately
though it was decided not to offer OpenOffice on the next release
of the Internet Tools CD or in University labs, due to unknown
conflicts with other programs. We've heard many good things about
OpenOffice though and I'm sure the use of OpenOffice on campus will
be revisited next year after more testing and research has been
done with the software. Please let us know if you have any other
suggestions. Thanks."
Is there any way to help them with these "unknown conflicts?"
first find out what they are. I'm free for them to contact me, if
that helps.
Also is there any way to upgrade the OO spell checker?
Yes. You can use just about any. See the linugcomponent project,
http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org for more information.
How can I help the two points on you web site:
"Walking post-secondary schools through the process of including
OpenOffice.org in their portfolio of applications
Resolving questions related to using and deploying OpenOffice.org
by faculty, students, and staff”
By initiating a set of FAQ, I think; that is, by getting more
information of likely issues.
We have a wiki for ad hoc/experimental work and it would make sense
to start something like that there. See wiki.services.openoffice.org
Ciao
Louis
Thanks, Daniel
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