It seems silly to me. Still, someone should be pushing them to recognize OOo as a good alternative to Microsoft Office before they deliberately or inadvertently turn ECDL into another platform for Microsoft hegemony.
--Jekke http://www.pokernerd.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henning von Roeder Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [users] Re: Advice re ECDL actually i wa snot, and ..computer driving license sounds quite as silly to me as early childhood development henning On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Henning von Roeder wrote: > > it is probably Early Childhood Development "Something" > > I hope you are joking... > > ECDL stands for the European Computer Driving License. See > http://www.ecdl.com/publisher/index.jsp for more details. > > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:55 PM, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Classlochie wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > Have just started my ECDL which uses Microsoft Office 2003. > >> > > >> > Will 'Open Office' be compatible with Microsoft Office (and if so, > which version) as I would like to do some of my course on my home pc. > >> > > >> > Many thanks, > > Parts of the ECDL that deal with Office Applications are almost > exclusively written around Microsoft Office and Outlook. This is - in my > opinion - yet another way in which Microsoft are continuing to promote > their monopoly position. > > There is a version of the ECDL produced in Ireland which is written > around Staroffice and I know there were plans to port it to > OpenOffice.org. But I can't remember the name of the publisher. A Google > should help... Or try on the OOo education mailing list: I've cc'd that > list in case someone can offer more "sensible guidance". > > Hope this helps a bit > > Alan > > > -- > The way out is open! > http://www.theopensourcerer.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- If you are sick and tired with Microsoft Office, install Open Office from http://www.openoffice.org it is free and it does everything the other stuff does. -- Wenn du die Schnauze voll hast mit Microsoft Office, warum installierst du nicht Open Office von http://www.openoffice.org. es kostet nichts und es macht alles was die andere Software macht. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Subject to applicable law, Group One Trading, LP may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
