NewsForge | Detroit high school opens its desktops

My daughter, aka ebofgod just got a laptop for graduation. I'm thinking of putting Open Office on it for her.
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NewsForge | Detroit high school opens its desktops: "In 2003, John Hansknecht, the director of technology at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, had a tough decision to make. The school had about a hundred older computers running Microsoft Office 97 and Windows NT, and some kind of upgrade was clearly required. It would have been an easy decision to simply upgrade to Microsoft Office 2000, but that would have required replacing all the computers with more powerful systems -- a large expenditure which could be better spent on other technology needs. Hansknecht had a better idea: OpenOffice.org.

The previous year Hansknecht had begun evaluating OpenOffice.org with the assistance of Peter Guenther, the computer applications teacher, and Vondra Abbott, the school librarian. Hansknecht thought that if he could meet the school's requirements with an office suite that worked with both Microsoft Windows and Linux, he could eliminate the cost of Microsoft Office and reduce the need for periodic and expensive hardware upgrades.
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Justin said…
I checked out open office. I'm used to Microsoft Office, but it will need alittle time to get used to. Price wise Open Office is the way, but for that professional look program go with MS Office.
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