The future of Ubuntu Linux.... Will it make Micro$oft go bankrupt?

[anthony baldwin]

Ashley Benton wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Steven Susbauer <steven at too1337.com 
> <mailto:steven at too1337.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Sun, 10 May 2009 17:24:52 -0500, Ashley Benton
>     <chuaukantli at gmail.com <mailto:chuaukantli at gmail.com>>
>     wrote:
> 
>      > I agree with you my sons from 9 to 13 refuse to use Ubuntu
>     because they
>      > are
>      > not able to play their games or the games are too slow.  Another
>     problem
>      > with my older came from the difference of format. He had a
>     problem with
>      > his
>      > homework last year. He was able to use Ubuntu to do them but the
>     school
>      > couldn't read them!
>      >
>      > Meg
>      >
>      >
> 
>     This is why schools should use Open Source software, or just require
>     printed documents :)
> 
>     I have been lucky as my college instructors are generally very open to
>     "alternative" formats, as long as they can open things with something.
>     Most at least have OpenOffice.org installed on their machines, even in
>     Windows.
> 
> 
> You were lucky because what is Ubuntu? Linux? My son had to do his 
> homework a second time at school to be able to get the credit even 
> though he had already done it. As it was a presentation there was no way 
> to print it and I thought he was to young to bring his laptop at school 
> and was myself unable to get to the school. I just hope he'll have more 
> luck with the high school.
> 
> Meg

He probably just saved to the "wrong" format.
Had he saved to .ppt instead of .odp, likely he wouldn't have had a problem.

/tony

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