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[Frank Bax]

At 03:10 PM 5/28/04, listmail at rotundus.com wrote:

>Quoting Frank Bax <fbax at sympatico.ca>:
>
> >
>http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040527.gtsun0527/BNStory/Technology/
> >
> > MARKHAM, Ont., May 27 - The Ontario Ministry of Education has acquired Star
> > Office 7 licences from Sun Microsystems Canada for all the province's 72
> > public and Catholic school boards, The Star Office productivity suite is
> > being described as part of a movement to deliver superior technology to
> > students while keeping spending in check. It is the largest- StarOffice 7
> > delivery in North America, with more than 2.5 million students having
> > access to the alternative office suite on Windows.
>
>They've actually had StarOffice signs up for a while announcing that it's
>available for free to staff/students here at university.  Nicely sitting right
>on top of a Microsoft sign with the slogan "Getting software for any less 
>would
>be illegal".  Ah ... the irony.
>
>BTW, did they license StarOffice so that the students are allowed to 
>install it
>on their home computers, or is this just in the schools?  If it's just in
>schools, then the licensing would appear to be free.


Free copies within the school. Financial details not disclosed.  Here's 
another version of same story:
http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=55732

Looks like Manitoba went with WinXP/Office in March, but went to Sun for 
internet portal.  Nova Scotia went StarOffice last year.