Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (225 mails)

[Chris Duncan <chris.duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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