[Oz-teachers] Anyone got / getting a Dell Vostro?

[Chris Betcher]

So, I'm assuming that as well as going back to MS Office you have also moved
back to Windows as the OS?  XP or Vista?  How did you find working with
Linux?  What did the students think of Linux?  How long did Linux last as
the main OS?  What was the rationale behind the change?

Why was there so much opposition to Open Office/Star Office do you think?
What features were lacking on Star that teachers felt they needed in MS
Office?

Sorry to ask so many questions, but I'm really interested in the answers.
;-)

Chris

Windows XP.  Mac OS X.  LinuX....  What is it with operating systems and the
letter X?




On 26/08/07 3:59 PM, "chris blackham-davison" <happybuddha68 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Chris B
> 
> We were on Linux and using Star Office but we now using Microsoft
> Office instead.
> 
> I think that it is better to use MS Office as it had more facilities
> available.  Some of the teachers in the school that I work at will not
> touch Star Office, they would rather not teach computering rather than
> using Star office.
> 
> Chris BD
> 
> On 26/08/07, Chris Betcher <chris at betcher.org> wrote:
>> Hi Chris BD,
>> 
>> I heard a while back that the NT had moved to an Open Source model for
>> educational software and computers there were running on Linux.... Is that
>> true?  And if so, how's it working out for you?
>> 
>> Chris B
>> 
>> 
>> On 26/08/07 3:28 PM, "chris blackham-davison" <happybuddha68 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> In the NT, all teachers are issued with the Latitude computer from
>>> Dell.  We have been using them since the being of this term.  They
>>> seems to be a good computer and it appears there have been no problems
>>> with them yet.
>>> 
>>> Dell offers teachers the opportunity to buy laptop from them at the
>>> same specification and cost as if it provided to the school.
>>> 
>>> Chris BD
>>> 
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