[SC.LUG] OpenOffice in schools

[Roger Gibson]

David Holden said the following on 10/09/2007 13:00:
> On Monday 10 September 2007, Kris Douglas wrote:
>   
>> Today I completed an assignment for IT in Linux. (We dont have any windoze
>> machines in the house). So I saved it in a format supposedly compatible
>> with Microsoft Office 2003, but...of course, microsoft's (lack of) support
>> for open document format has redered the rather hefty assignment useless to
>> the school. I think this is a pile of animal's fecal matter, the school
>> should cater for the people that are actually using some software that is
>> compatible with open formats available on the *nix platforms.
>>
>> I intend to complain at my school today to see if I can get some form of
>> open solution for the software made available to us. But I am interested to
>> hear your oppinions on this issue, and if its actually worth promoting.
>>
>> A rather peed off,
>> Kris Douglas
>>       Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>>
>>       Web: www.softdel.net
>>       Mail: kris at softdel.net
>>     
>
> Are the school requiring you to submit your assignment in a microsoft 
> compatible format, if so then this seems unreasonable unless they pay for you 
> to own a copy of MS office.
>
> As it is I suggest you keep you your assignment as is and point you school to 
> where they can download free software to view it, e.g. open office.
>
>  Dave.
>
>   
But if Open Office will not write an Office 2003 compatible version of 
this assignment, will it be able to read it on a Windoze PC?  Would a 
PDF version be acceptable?

On a more philosophical level, if Linux etc is to make inroads into the 
Windoze environment, it has to be able to read and write compatibly with 
MS Office, otherwise no-one will ever give Linux a go.
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