Seconded - particularly about experiences with WINE. We are funding a project starting in the summer, examining applications currently used in schools and ways to get them to run under Linux. It is assumed this will primarily be achieved through the use of WINE, hence any positive experiences others have already had will prevent the project wasting resources duplicating work. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Duncan To: SuSE mailing list for UK schools Sent: 5/5/03 10:31 AM Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Free Open Source application adoption IMHO the primary factor that influences people when choosing an operating system is the availablity of applications for a particular platform. If computer users rely on a Windows only application, then there is little chance of a switch to Linux etc. until a viable alternative that runs on the proposed new operating system is available (I'm assuming that the app can't run using Wine or some other emulation). Are any of you actively trying to introduce apps like OpenOffice.org into your schools ? Are you using Wine ? If you are doing these things, I'd be interested to hear about your experiences. Regards Chris -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com