-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Good point, so perhaps we should lobby the AQA to use open standards.
Paul Harry Rickards wrote: > Even if school's don't solely use Windows, they usually have to use it as > the main OS, as the AQA exam software only works with Windows, not under > Wine; and the SIMS software uses MS Word to view files, which cannot be > changed to OpenOffice even on Windows as it's hardcoded into the XML file. > > On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:01:31 +0000, LeeGroups <mailgro...@varga.co.uk> > wrote: >>> Aparently primnary schools are forced to use MS office so the children >>> are ready for what is used in Secondary schools which is I guess a fair >>> argument i guess. And i guess secondaries feel obliged to use MS office >>> as they see it as "industry standard." >> There used to be a saying in the computer industry which was "Nobody >> ever got fired for buying IBM". >> I think it's shifted to Microsoft. Speaking from experience, most school >> "IT department heads" don't know that much about IT. >> They perceive it as a 'safe' option to go with MS, every if it costs a >> fortune, because "everyone else uses it". >> >> It's a classic circular argument... >> >> Lee > - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet : March 7th : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmQKi0ACgkQaggq1k2FJq2l2ACcDwLKRUYF5vPJL0uHxgzG/b4v JigAnA1YPjztmCXKy1qD5/c+ZIaCp73s =m5xL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
