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On 23/12/2008 08:13, Paul Hirst wrote: > On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 18:10 +0000, Charlie BT wrote: > > [snip] > >> but any course >> work has to be submitted in a format that adjudicators can decipher, what is >> really needed is >> a Linux Based Curriculum course! >> > > My Wife took a short Open University course recently and they now bundle > the Windows version of OpenOffice on a CD and accept submissions in > 'StarOffice' format, by which, IIRC they mean .sxw files. > > I thought this was rather a good sign of the changing times. I would > hope that others, like exam boards, will go the same way and support > open formats. > > Well it's certainly a start. At least it doesn't require it's students to fork out £100 or so for a copy of MS Office. > Paul > > Ps. Hi, I'm new. I intended to mostly lurk but I couldn't resist > commenting, I just hope noone else said exactly the same thing just last > week ;-) > > Welcome to the LUG Paul. > Sophos Plc, The Pentagon, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon, OX14 3YP, United > Kingdom. > Company Reg No 2096520. VAT Reg No GB 348 3873 20. > > Is that Sophos as in the anti virus company? Rob -- 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