Re: [K12OSN] MS Word on k-12 LTSP ?
Kirk Rheinlander (kirk@kpj2.com)
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:04:25 -0700
If you have not run OpenOffice, you should try it - it is so close to MS
Office that the training time is negligible, and the file compatibility,
although not quite 100%, is nearly so (with the exception of complex
features of MSOffice)
I run both the Windows version and LINUX versions 641c - they are great stuff!
I just wish that office suites in general would move to the vastly improved
metaphor of something like GoBEProductive (www.gobe.com) which is now
available for Windows and soon to be for LINUX. (but not for free)
Sun has announced that they will be charging for StarOffice6 when released
on May, but the OpenOffice version will still be available.
Kirk
At 04:54 PM 3/27/2002, chip wrote:
>If you don't know already, Codeweavers ( http://www.codeweavers.com/ )
>also the makers of the CrossOver Plugin (allows you to use QuickTime,
>ShockWave Director,Windows Media Player 6.4,Word Viewer, Excel Viewer,
>PowerPoint Viewer and More Inside a Linux Webbrowser...
>http://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover/ ) has released CrossOver
>Office ( http://www.codeweavers.com/products/office/ ) Which basically runs
>MS office in Linux Via WINE, w/o the need for a Windows Partition or
>License.
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>There have been a couple News Sites covering it (News Forge:
>http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/03/27/0444257.shtml?tid=15 )
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>What would be interesting to see is how well this program would work in a
>LTSP environment. I think it would provide yet another point for k-12linux
>in that even if your school isn't ready to move away from MS Office, you can
>still move away from Windows. Even better it would allow a transition
>period from MS Office -> StarOffice/OpenOffice, so that students and staff
>could still use MS products when it is required, but have other, free
>options available.
>
>What I would like to see, if anyone out there with a Running LTSP lab could
>comment on how well it performs(or even if it works at all).
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>(sorry mods, I forgot to change my email account to send from so this same
>thing is waiting your aproval)
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