The difficulty is, you can't just replace one product. Publisher will probably be licensed with a volume software licensing agreement, along with front page, word, excel, outlook etc etc. - so they are just wasting a license by not using it. If you could replace all of the office suite, it will be much more appealing to the schools.
Bodsda P.s: what call for open standards? My council clearly missed the memo ------Original Message------ From: Barry Drake Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: Ubuntu-Uk ReplyTo: b.dr...@ntlworld.com ReplyTo: Ubuntu-Uk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project - literacy Sent: 21 Sep 2011 15:18 On 21/09/11 13:19, Sarah Chard wrote: > feedback from teachers from the first school we visited as a part of > our OSSP is that they really need good quality programs that address > literacy not just letters and spelling but grammar, punctuation and > sentence construction Maybe not trying to answer your specific question, my own pet hate is the insistence of teaching Microsoft Publisher in schools. I think we should challenge this on the grounds that MS Publisher does not conform to an open standard and is therefore going against the British Government call for open standards in all government IT. I'm not a desktop publisher user, but wonder how well something like Scribus would fill the bill for schools? Regards, Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
