Microsoft Office 2003/4/7/8 and both can be set to open and save in Word
format to be compatible with the MS Office that people have at home
(including docx). Why spend the money for an inferior product?
OpenOffice is an open source collaboration of business and universities to
provide a viable, reliable product for no cost to the public. Doesn't
this reflect the values we want to instill in our students? Abiword is
also a good open source word processor, but OpenOffice is a true office
replacement (it even has its own drawing program).
Dump MS Office for OpenOffice.
Tim Cooper
LREI - Little Red Schoolhouse and Elisabeth Irwin HS
40 Charlton St.
New York, NY 10014
212.477.5316 ext 364
tcooper@lrei.org
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