Stars Update Excellent

[Ilija Milicevic]

What that means is that the students will still be able to open/save MS
proprietary formats such as doc/docx/xls/xlsx with OpenOffice or Libre
Office. I've used Open Office while taking some Continuing Education courses
at Mac and had no issues with opening/editing instructor-supplied course
materials. With that being said, the institution itself should consider
pushing open document standards. It's cheaper in the long-run (prevents
vendor lock-in) and allows interoperability with other educational
institutions and governments. Here it is in a 10min read nutshell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

2011/1/7 James <james2432 at gmail.com>

> I agree with Darcy, office 2010 is too recent, and implements some weird
> APIs that wine does not support.  I know Office 2003 "works"
>
> how ever if you aren't fussy about plugins, theres free versions:
> LibreOffice
> and
> OpenOffice
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Microsoft Office 2010 only runs on Microsoft Windows.  You might have
>> some luck running older versions of Office in wine, but that's never
>> guaranteed.
>>
>> Darcy.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Chris <candive1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I have been in contact with my Georgian College Prof (dos)
>> >
>> > Today I dropped off two desktops, 1 Edubuntu & 1 Ubuntu, 2 power cords
>> and 2
>> > keyboards.
>> >
>> > They will be installed in the Georgian College Library next week to
>> > introduce Students to Linux and Promote our Stars Program.
>> >
>> > The College also needs to know if Microsoft Office 2010 will run on the
>> > above computers?? (wine?) I do not have Office 2010. Please Help.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I also met with the Sydenham Public School Principal, he will be
>> bringing it
>> > up at his board meeting and with the Blue Water District School Board
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I was unable to meet with the O.S.C.V.I. High School Principal but I did
>> > leave our calling card and Stars description for her.
>> >
>> > I see no problem with moving the desktops.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > Linux Pusher
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Linux!, The Freedom to Choose.
>> > www.bglug.ca
>> > Supplying Technology to At Risk Students
>> >
>> >
>> >
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