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Story: Microsoft licences too expensive, say schools
Kingsoft Office Replaces Micrsoft Office, simply
We had 400+ PC's all needing an office application.
Kingsoft Research's KSO09 product, after installation needed no retraining as the layout, compatibility and functions we're the same. Students and staff we able to continue where they left off after a simple network installation.
We had the additional bonus of being able to use some of our ( we were told) out-dated systems. Which now are using the software without any noticeable problems.
It cost less than 2k for a license to cover an unlimited amount of pc's on campus using a novel licensing concept. The argument about whether suitable alternatives exist allowing an opt-out of high license fees is an old one that can be resolved by a little searching.
This was simple to resolve. We did, and moved on...
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Story: Microsoft licences too expensive, say schools
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Micro$oft is too expensive. Wow - what a revelati... Anonymous -
The way ahead is simple. Just adopt OpenOffic... Anonymous -
To install software in schools that isnt... Jon -
MS file formats are the landmine buried for the ki... Olavi Petri
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Name a older Microsoft format that cant be re... Jon
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Agree with the comment above about geekw... Alan
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Microsoft got rich by a combination... Jon -
I agree with the opendocument... Anonymous
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Jon,
My college stuff on Works 3.1 Stop... jono
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Vista already has virus patches and it i... Ron Norris
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I'm in agreement that MS products a... Chris Ferguson
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Microsoft licences too expensive, say sc... 1000332296
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I agree. Macs are a much less costly option. Of co... Ron Norris
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I don't know whether the Competition beaurocrat in... Chris Goodman
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