So as far as I am concerned as I am educational I can use Star office for free can I give this t my pupils so they all have a copy as long as I provide a copy of the educational licence Dave Selby (B.Sc. Hons Dunelm) Network manager St Leonards R C Comprehensive School Tel: 0191 3755204 Fax: 0191 3755248 E-mail: IT@st-leonards.durham.sch.uk Web Site: www.st-leonards.durham.sch.uk Any one else remember the good days when pupils where encouraged to thing outside the box! -----Original Message----- From: Ian Lynch [mailto:ian.lynch@zmsl.com] Sent: 10 January 2005 15:46 To: Thomas Dyer Cc: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] RE:open office Vr star office On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 15:13, Thomas Dyer wrote:
If you don't need "support" on a corporate basis and someone to sue... then they are effectively the same.
StarOffice = OpenOffice + a 20gbp support agreement per seat.
Not quite, there are a few proprietary bits but essentially the code is
identical for the apps.
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Ian Lynch