Microsoft purchased the open source company in 2006, I think?; it's surprising Gates has kept it open source and thus a free version. I believe OpenOffice was originally funded by Sun Microsystems.
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Microsoft purchased the open source company in 2006, I think?; it's surprising Gates has kept it open source and thus a free version. I believe OpenOffice was originally funded by Sun Microsystems.
niemeyjt
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It was originally written by a German company, bought out by Sun Microsystems who are now part of Oracle Corporation. No MS involvement.
I used OO to help son with his homework - a newspaper article - it set up columns superbly and IMHO more easily them MSO - esp with those awful ribbons MSO now uses.
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dmccarty
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Does Open Office have Power Point, Excel and Publisher? I don't use that stuff but my kids need it for school.
I guess I am fighting back since I haven't paid anything yet
JB.
Open Office does Power Point and has a spreadsheet aka Excel. I do not know about Publisher since I do not know what it is. :laughing:
Later,
Dan
dmccarty
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Our county is going through an uproar partly over money but the head of the schools seems to be either incompetent or lying. Last year I found out they were buying Mac laptops for kids to take home. It is very debatable on how much of an increase in education a take home laptop will provide but to buy an expensive closed hardware and software system is inexcusable. The schools are having a $4 million shortfall. The contract on the Macs was about $650,000. They could have gotten good quality laptops running Linux for a third of the cost of the Macs.
When the contract was up for renewal I sent a note to the powers that be with a cost breakdown on brand name laptops which fell on deaf ears. Some of the board of education were voted out. But the people voted in some replacement dummies. At least some people who voted for the new dummies have know realized their mistake.
Our county politics is vicious. The last election got rid of a bunch of liars. Worse bunch of MOrons I have ever seen. The disturbance those twits made in the county is nothing compared to what the guy in charge of the schools has stirred up. If he keeps his job as a result of what he started I will be shocked.
Later,
Dan
Thanks for clarifying that, I wasn't sure about any MS involvement. Anyway, its a good program and the price is right.
2manyrocks
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I doubt MS is going to sponsor anything that cuts into their market share for Office.
If Linux were plug and play with most printers, it would be more popular. I'm using PC Linux on an older computer because it's less resource hungry, simple....
If Linux were plug and play with most printers, it would be more popular. I'm using PC Linux on an older computer because it's less resource hungry, simple....
