Discrimination based on OS?

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

> Things become more insidious when considering the requirements of the
> University.  Essays and dissertations must be produced printed as
> well as submitted electronically in .doc or .docx format and in
> Microsoft fonts. The thinking behind this is that software is used to
> prevent plagiarism, and it works only with .doc and .docx formats.
>
>   

ooh, what forwarding thinking, the same kind that brought us our 
wonderful technology that leaves a big mess behind.

> In these formats there is a distinct chance of them being superseded
> and electronic copies of dissertations not being accessible by future
> generations of scholars and academics: there is no programme to bring,
> say, Open Document format along side the others as a standard, and I
> suspect this is true of most British universities.
>   

They did not have Word 6.0 or what not formats to learn from?

> It is not against the law and is not discrimination, and although the
> EEC are encouraging the use of these initiatives in education, it is up
> to the University in question.
>
>   


Microsoft is pretty much in all of the local Hong Kong universities too. 
In fact, we got informed by our HQ that educational licenses for 
Microsoft software was available to our kids and teachers. Too bad 
nobody has taken them up.