[ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

[Bea Groves]

Hi!

Y'know the comical thing is: when I read the subject line I had a sudden 
vision of Microsoft finally giving in and going open-source! ;-)

On 30/01/14 16:15, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>
> On 30/01/14 16:07, Barry Drake wrote:
>> I've also been looking at the Open Documents thread.  I think it was
>> the last time we met, at a government consultation about this issue.
>> Government grinds very slowly ....   Schools are still teaching
>> Microsoft ....  BUT with kids using Android tablets things are going
>> to have to change in that area.  I suspect that Kingsoft Office will
>> be the main contender as it is compatible with MS file formats.  I'm
>> delighted with the way in which the IT world is changing.
>>
>>
>
> Unfortunately there is still no Android version of Libre/Open Office -
> there is one for Ipad, which is odd, and there's an ODF viewer, but
> Kingsoft Office can't open ODF documents....
>

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