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On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 11:14 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > Adam Latham wrote: > > My school uses M$Office '07, with its' fantastically useless xml > > type .docx extensions. Naturally, being based in one of the poorest > > areas of the country, almost none of the parents of the pupils attending > > local schools will have the spare £100 or so to buy Office 2007 (pupils > > don't get discounts 'cus they don't buy enterprise > > products!(allegedly!)). > > > > > Adam, could I just ask, are you in the Torbay area? > Yes Rob, I'm in Torbay. > I think as a group we should get something in the Herald Express in > Torbay to promote Open Source. For instance isn't OpenOffice.org 3 > going to support OOXML files? > Funny how M$ Office 2003 seems to struggle. Am I being cynical if I express the 'humble opinion' that perhaps this is to encourage 'upgrades' to 2007? > Maybe it's something we should be really promoting. I know for one, as > a parent I can't afford a copy of Office 2007 at £100 even if I can > install it on 3 PCs. > > 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