[ubuntu-za] Open Office/Libre Office and other open source software

[maia grotepass]

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From: Jason McBeath <jason at mcbeath.co.za>
Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:43 PM
Subject: Open Office Education
To: maia grotepass <maiatoday at gmail.com>


Have you approached Sci Bono?

Jason


On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Neil Oosthuizen <nlsthzn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Information is power... here is a recent article:
>
> http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/1528-3-reasons-why-linux-is-the-platform-
> for-education
>
>
> Cheers
> Neil
>
> On Monday 21 Feb 2011 22:40:07 maia grotepass wrote:
>> Last year some time Microsoft changed it's licensing fee/policies for
>> schools and educational institutions.
>>
>> This means it is now much more expensive for schools so use Microsoft
>> products.
>>
>> This is an opportunity to promote open source software such as Open
>> Office/Libre Office.
>>
>> Does anybody have any ideas on how we can assist, pre-empt, do anything to
>> help?
>>
>> There has been some brief irc discussions but we wanted to open this
>> discussion on the mailing list.
>>
>> What does everyone think?
>>
>> maia
>
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