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[Franz Allan Valencia See]

Good day,

AFAIK, that's the main reason why they didn't push through with it (
or why they were delayed....not sure if they're still planning to move
to OpenOffice ).

Cheers,
Franz

On 6/8/07, Allan E. Registos <allan.registos at smpc.steniel.com.ph> wrote:
>
>  The main reason of the resistance I think is the new learning curve not the
> functionality. Aside from that, there are customized macros(VBA scripts)
> that are incompatible with openoffice.
>  Unfortunately, most people will prefer the pirated versions, rather than
> using openoffice. I heard that Microsoft even recommend to pirate their
> software.
>  I don't think that it is practical for Schools to buy expensive bulk
> licenses from MS to be used by students at the cost of their tuition fees.
> Anyway, there is a 3$ campaign recently by MS.
>  3$ for a stripped version of XP and another 3$ for a student version of
> Office 2007 if I am correct,  this was revealed at Beijing by Bill Gates
> himself. The real motive I think was to compete with Linux and the OLPC
> project by Negroponte.  But still, most people here will use pirated copies
> rather than buying the cheap versions.
>
>
>
>  Franz Allan Valencia See wrote:
>  Good day,
>
> DLSU-M has some of its lab installed with OpenOffice. If I'm not
> mistaken, there were plans before ( around a year ago ) to move from
> MS Office to OpenOffice, but there were some resistance because most
> people there are used to MS Office.
>
> Cheers,
> Franz
>
> On 6/7/07, Allan E. Registos
> <allan.registos at smpc.steniel.com.ph> wrote:
>
>
>  The DOST sponsored Bayanihan Linux team conducted an Open Source
> training at this school : Don Mariano Marcos State University in La
> Union almost two years ago. See this link.
> <http://www.bayanihan.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139&Itemid=43>
>
> -Allan
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Paul Manauis wrote:
>
>
>  May i know what schools here in the phils who are
> using Openoffice in the their organizations or those
> who integrated Openoffice in their curriculum.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
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