Adam Baum espoused:
>
> "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
> news:2196947.zS2hW6qIIB@schestowitz.com...
>> Tyler Tech: Open-source a software alternative
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | OpenOffice.org is, as the name would suggest, a full open-source suite
>> of
>> | office programs. Every program a student ever needs is in here, from a
>> | writing program to a presentation creator similar to PowerPoint. The
>> suite
>> | was originally developed by Sun Microsystems and was aimed solely at
>> | providing a free alternative to Microsoft Office. It is compatible with
>> and
>> | can save files as any Microsoft Office format.
>> `----
>
> So Harvard, Princeton and MIT students use Windows and MS-Office. But "Tyler
> Tech" uses Open Office. I guess that'll prepare the students well for their
> future jobs as TV repair men.
>

Harvard, Princeton and MIT all use Linux. Because it's better.

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____/ Mark Kent on Friday 26 October 2007 15:24 : \____

> Adam Baum espoused:
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
>> news:2196947.zS2hW6qIIB@schestowitz.com...
>>> Tyler Tech: Open-source a software alternative
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | OpenOffice.org is, as the name would suggest, a full open-source suite
>>> of
>>> | office programs. Every program a student ever needs is in here, from a
>>> | writing program to a presentation creator similar to PowerPoint. The
>>> suite
>>> | was originally developed by Sun Microsystems and was aimed solely at
>>> | providing a free alternative to Microsoft Office. It is compatible with
>>> and
>>> | can save files as any Microsoft Office format.
>>> `----
>>
>> So Harvard, Princeton and MIT students use Windows and MS-Office. But "Tyler
>> Tech" uses Open Office. I guess that'll prepare the students well for their
>> future jobs as TV repair men.
>>
>
> Harvard, Princeton and MIT all use Linux. Because it's better.

It's usually the /small/ and obscure colleges that use {everything
Microsoft}^TM because that's all they know.

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