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On 22/09/2010 07:49, Mark Evans wrote:
Familiarity. Don't underestimate the power of 'I use this at home so I know how it works'.On 21/09/10 21:09, Henry Bremridge wrote:On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 08:24:52PM +0100, tom brough wrote:Ok we have all heard the excuses why Linux can't be or shouldn't be used in education. I'm looking to collect together the top 10 with a plausible and polite debunk. Contributions welcome here.Not sure if any of the following are true but: 1. Its too difficult to use: Windows is easierEasier how?
Ignoring 2K, ME, 95 and Vista due to poor take up in offices, again whatever the user has at home - probably 98 as Windows 7 is a tad new for offices to have adopted large-scale yet.Do you mean Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME/98/95, (even Windows 3)?
That's a bold comment and assumes the buyer has checked to see if theirs works on Linux prior to purchase.Most printers will work fine.
You didn't mention the macros. Many databases and spreadsheets use VBA macros if not simple formulae macros. Duplicating them in OoO might nto be possible.4. We share our files / macros with other users running windowsOpenoffice.org will often open MS Office files the latter turns its nose up at.
Bespoke software that uses Internet Explorer DLLs? Granted it might be persuaded to work in WINE but what about downtime, and the time and effort involved? Would support contracts for the software cover problems encountered running it in a virtual environment?10. We use xyz program that only runs in windows It may well run at least as well with WINE. Indeed given the "quality" of much educational software it may do better than nativly under Windows.
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