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Paul Sutton writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > Dave Foxcroft wrote: >>> Aparently primnary schools are forced to use MS office so the children >>> are ready for what is used in Secondary schools which is I guess a fair >>> argument i guess. And i guess secondaries feel obliged to use MS office >>> as they see it as "industry standard." >> My kids primary use Open Office - only the staff use MS Office and they >> also use linux on a couple of their file servers! > Cool. Well Open office is a proper office type package, some schools > are still using TextEase, which is more aimed at kids, but the > publishers don't take in to account kids don't need something so dumbed > down, it treats them like idiots. > Would be interesting to findf out if it even affects how they move up to > secondary school, probably not if using open office, plus they can use > it at home. > Paul > - -- > Paul Sutton > www.zleap.net > Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf > http://www.odfalliance.org > Next Linux User Group meet : March 7th : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkmRxZUACgkQaggq1k2FJq2XEACbBaHgTNyiLD4IvaCdk+B4/RNI > 6BsAnRwHb7peBjbV7FP9Snoe/dX7Z3t9 > =Ch+L > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ...while we're on this. I've got a meeting with the teahers from my daughters school in a ouple of weeks. I not expecting them to have a computer there as the meeting isn't about that but while there I thought I'd take the oppertunity to point them towards Linux. What would be most usefull would be something I could print out onto A4 to show them. Anything at all that makes Linux look like a serious option for them. I'll have a look at the DLUG site. And at the list archive but any other suggestions welomed. Cheers, Jon -- 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