If you have open office installed school wide I don't see what the issue is. We have a mixed environment and causes some complaints, but if you don't have office anywhere why do they care? I guess you still have to deal when the stuff they bring in from home?
Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Oliveri Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:49 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Libre Office I like that. I'm done babying these people. Two of them are whining up enough of a storm that the administrators are thinking about buying Office licenses. I've told them it would be over $2K to outfit all the teachers and the lab, which is not in our budget this year thanks to all the cuts following our wonderful state budget situation. They're still mulling it over. I guess $2K is worth it to shut them up? I guess I need to whine more at my next salary negotiation. Mike On Sep 28, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Eric Barringer wrote: Or "What We Got." -Eric On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Bob Schmidt <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I just call it office :) >>> Mike Oliveri >>> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 9/28/2010 8:36 AM >>> Great. I just trained my teachers that NeoOffice is now OpenOffice in two buildings, and in the third they're bitching because OpenOffice is not Microsoft Office. Pretty soon I'm just going to start handing them Etch-a-Sketches and be done with it. Mike On Sep 28, 2010, at 8:17 AM, William M. Bell wrote: I'm not sure if it's really a competitor...maybe a name change? Q: Why are you calling yourselves "The Document Foundation"? A: For ten years we have used the same name - "OpenOffice.org<http://openoffice.org/>" - for both the Community and the software. We've decided it removes ambiguity to have a different name for the two, so the Community is now "The Document Foundation", and the software "LibreOffice". Q: And why are you calling the software "LibreOffice" instead of "OpenOffice.org<http://openoffice.org/>"? A: The OpenOffice.org<http://openoffice.org/> trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation. Our hope is that Oracle will donate this to to the Foundation, along with the other assets it holds in trust for the Community, in due course, once legal etc issues are resolved. However, we need to continue work in the meantime - hence "LibreOffice" ("free office"). ---------------------------------------------- Bill Bell Asst. Technology Coordinator Monticello CUSD #25 Monticello, IL 61856 http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks ---------------------------------------------- On 9/28/10 7:45 AM, "Paul welte" <[email protected]> wrote: With Oracle's acquisition of Sun, it looks like there may be some changes, or at least another competitor, to OpenOffice: http://www.documentfoundation.org/faq/ http://lwn.net/Articles/407383/ <http://www.documentfoundation.org/faq/> ________________________________ | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org<http://www.tech-geeks.org/> | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org<http://www.tech-geeks.org/> | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org<http://www.tech-geeks.org/> | -- Eric Barringer Technology Coordinator Blue Ridge CUSD #18 | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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