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Ontario Schools License StarOffice

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gateway-drug-for-free-software dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sun Microsystems has signed a contract with the Ontario Ministry of Education in one of the biggest deals yet for its StarOffice software. It covers 72 public and parochial school boards in Ontario. All will be licensed to use StarOffice 7 on all school-owned PCs. Financial details weren't disclosed but Ontario school officials said the cost is 'minimal.'" Reader Apostata adds that the move "will see the application suite used by 2.5 million students. No word on whether it ships with 'Canadian English' pack ;)"

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  1. Mac OS X native by chocolatetrumpet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So.. yes this is offtopic, but not really if you consider the topic word processes...

    Anyway, when do we get OpenOffice native on Mac OS X, again?

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  2. I'm Torn by The+Lost+Supertone · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ontario's Ed policies on sex ed aggravate me, yet this makes me happy....

  3. Here's a mirror by mirror_dude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just in case the server crashes and burns (like they usually do),I have put up a mirror.
    The mirror of http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/toolkit/businessap ps/opensource/0,39024866,39149910,00.htm is at http://mirrorit.demonmoo.com/r_808/www.zdnet.com.a u/insight/toolkit/businessapps/opensource/0%2C3902 4866%2C39149910%2C00.htm
    The mirror of http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/welcome.html is at http://mirrorit.demonmoo.com/r_808/www.edu.gov.on. ca/eng/welcome.html
    The mirror of http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/ is at http://mirrorit.demonmoo.com/r_808/wwws.sun.com/so ftware/star/staroffice/

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  4. Re:Correction. by rowdent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't know where you're getting your information from... Last time I checked, "The Queen" didn't write the grammar books... Canadian English differs greatly from British English. For example, many of us use Z's instead of S's in words such as jeopardize. However, Canadian English is very much subject to personal preference, and so it is very difficult to have a definitive "Canadian English" at all, let alone a dictionary of Canadian English

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