[Chester LUG] [Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] [Fwd: [GeekUp] Open Office in education]]

[Paul Williams]

Fear of change!  County engineers aren't trained for non-MS, so they advise against it!

> From: smedley358 at btinternet.com
> To: sc at mailman.lug.org.uk; chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:35:53 +0000
> Subject: [Chester LUG] [Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] [Fwd: [GeekUp] Open Office in	education]]
> 
> Anyone heard anything similar from Cheshire LEA?
> 
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> From: Tim Dobson <lists at tdobson.net>
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> To: sf-uk-discuss at googlegroups.com, robert.mortimer at gmail.com
> Subject: [sf-uk-discuss] [Fwd: [GeekUp] Open Office in education]
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:11:19 +0000
> 
> Can anyone help out?
> Tim
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [GeekUp] Open Office in education
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:59:19 -0800 (PST)
> From: robert.mortimer at gmail.com <robert.mortimer at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: geekup at googlegroups.com
> To: GeekUp <geekup at googlegroups.com>
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> 
> Recently my child's primary school forked out on some MS office
> licences (2003). When asked about Open office they said their LEA
> contact in Cheshire advised against it!
> 
> Not industry standard software - Like MS word is not going to change
> by the time my 8yr old has finished education!
> 
> An advice on resources to counter this or people to talk to (Cheshire
> LEA)
> 
> Rob
> 
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