[Clo] Faire suivre : [K12OSN] office suite interoperability

[Guy-Michel Lessard]

Pour votre information:

>>> "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> 2007-07-08
10:17:13 >>>
I hear repeatedly "We MUST use Microsoft office because that's what
everyone has". I guess "lemmings" comes to mind...

It really bothers me that people who in general will be writing just a
few pages with a picture or two are brainwashed into believing they
MUST
have an application that will cost each pc more than the value of the
pc
each year in licensing.

Thus enters OpenOffice.org

What a fabulous application. Cross platform so Windows, Mac and Linux
(and Solaris and SGI and...) user can all share files seamlessly.

Yes I _still_ hear the argument "But people don't have OpenOffice at
home so we can't use it".

?????

It costs $0 to obtain a legal copy. 

So the often used rule in K12LTSP is to setup OpenOffice so the
default
output format is Microsoft Office format.

Personally, I think that is a bad idea. It's just a short term kludge
workaround to not having the resources to train people in how to "Save
As".

But Sun has stepped up and released the best solution - a plugin to
Microsoft Office that can read and write OpenOffice format files. 

The file format of OpenOffice is an ISO standard right now. Make sure
everyone keeps hearing that mantra - OpenOffice is standards compliant
but Microsoft Office is not.

Then offer the plugin to help bring Microsoft Office up to current
world
standards:

http://www.sun.com/software/star/openoffice/

Be sure to remind everyone that open document formats are just like
knowledge: good for everyone.



-- 
James P. Kinney III          
CEO & Director of Engineering 
Local Net Solutions,LLC        
770-493-8244                    
http://www.localnetsolutions.com

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