[ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy

[bodsda at googlemail.com]

The difficulty is, you can't just replace one product. Publisher will probably be licensed with a volume software licensing agreement, along with front page, word, excel, outlook etc etc. - so they are just wasting a license by not using it. If you could replace all of the office suite, it will be much more appealing to the schools.

Bodsda
P.s: what call for open standards? My council clearly missed the memo 
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Sent: 21 Sep 2011 15:18

On 21/09/11 13:19, Sarah Chard wrote:
> feedback from teachers from the first school we visited as a part of 
> our OSSP is that they really need good quality programs that address 
> literacy  not just letters and spelling but grammar, punctuation and 
> sentence construction
Maybe not trying to answer your specific question, my own pet hate is 
the insistence of teaching Microsoft Publisher in schools.  I think we 
should challenge this on the grounds that MS Publisher does not conform 
to an open standard and is therefore going against the British 
Government call for open standards in all government IT.  I'm not a 
desktop publisher user, but wonder how well something like Scribus would 
fill the bill for schools?

Regards,        Barry

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