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2008/11/11 Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Thought this would be of interest >> >> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/11/university-challenged-ditch >> >> I am an OU student, so it will be interesting to see what happens. >> > Oops, sent to wrong place, anyway, yeah interesting development, they > already give out star office, but assignments need to be sent in .doc > format, Requiring that assignments are sent in .doc is nuts - unlike printed coursework, word/ooo/staroffice files can look completely different in different versions, and you can end up with a 20 page document that looks great on your computer looking a complete dogs dinner on the computer of whoever is supposed to read and mark it, the only reasonable format to accept would be PDF or postscript - and you can get free plugins on every platform for every word processor to do that. A. -- http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html