[K12OSN] Microsoft Office on K12 LTSP

[Henry Burroughs]

Shane,


I use Crossover Office 4.2 to provide the following to my thin clients:
Accelerated Reader
Photoshop Elements
Microsoft Office
Shockwave
Quicktime
Media Player
Internet Explorer (yes, for the online gradebook by Blackbaud).

We did not go the Network server route.  We use the professional
installation (installed managed-multi user RPM) by root.  You install
the apps under root, and they are all available to the users.  What is
cool is that you can package up your installation into a new RPM (of
course 500+ megs sometimes) and install it on another server... or what
I do is build it on my system, and in the evening update the server's
crossover installation with the new rpm (that has everything installed).
Powerpoint redraw is a little laggy in 4.2 (could be because of X over
network), but it sounds like some of that will be fixed for 5 (due in
sept I think).

What is nice too is Codeweavers only requires you to buy as many
licenses as you would use concurrently.  So as you can have less
licenses than thin-clients as long as you are at or above how many
people you expect to be on concurrently.  Volume wise, it is about $50
per user.

PDFs.. you can print to the KDE Print system via Word, and then choose
PDF, and poof, you have a PDF!

If anyone wants to know more, just drop me an e-mail. My life is
settling back down now.

Henry


"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
on
> > Monday, August 22, 2005 at 9:29 AM -0500 wrote:
> > >Uhhh. . . Just use OpenOffice. . .
> > >
> > >It is free, and does just about everything M$Office does. . .
> > >
> > >openoffice.org
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> email message attachment
> On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 09:48 -0400, k12osn-request at redhat.com wrote:
> > Open Office does more that Office.  Writer can save docs out to a
> > PDF.  You will never see Word doing that.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Ronald R. McDaniel
> > Conecuh County Schools
> > (251) 578-7073 x26
> > (251) 230-0658 cell
> > rmcdaniel at indata.us
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >         
> >         -------- Original Message --------
> >         Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Microsoft Office on K12 LTSP
> >         From: Doug Simpson <simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us>
> >         Date: Mon, August 22, 2005 8:29 am
> >         To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
> >         <k12osn at redhat.com>
> >         
> >         Uhhh. . . Just use OpenOffice. . .
> >         
> >         It is free, and does just about everything M$Office
> >         does. . .
> >         
> >         openoffice.org
> >         
> >         Doug Simpson
> >         Technology Specialist
> >         DeQueen Public Schools
> >         DeQueen, AR 71832
> >         simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
> >         Tux for President!
> >         
> >         On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, Shane Stafford wrote:
> >         
> >         > I have three new schools implementing K12 LTSP this fall.
> >          One of them
> >         > really wants Microsoft Office available to the students.
> >          Researching
> >         > WINE, it appears this can only be done with Codeweavers.
> >          It also looks
> >         > like the Educational price for Network Server version is 
> >         > 
> >         > Server Software Module  $486.50
> >         > 25 Client licenses $1,120
> >         > 
> >         > I appears they would need to purchase both those.  To me
> >         it seems at that
> >         > rate they are almost close to buying another server and
> >         making it a 2003
> >         > windows terminal server.  Of course that brings another
> >         set of complex and
> >         > expensive license options.  
> >         > 
> >         > They own plenty of desktop copies of Office 2000.
> >         > 
> >         > Anyone have a recommended implementation model?  Or can
> >         shed some light on
> >         > either Codeweaver licensing or 2003 Windows Terminal
> >         Server licensing.
> >         > 
> >         > My goal will be to educate them how easy it is to use Open
> >         Office and
> >         > Microsoft Office (exists still in their business lab) but
> >         I want to be
> >         > able to tell them their options.
> >         > 
> >         > thanks
> >         > Shane
> >         > 
> >         > 
> >         > 
> >         > Shane Stafford, MCSE, MCT
> >         > Director Information Services Glenburn School and Town
> >         > Educational System Integrator/Network Engineer
> >         > S & B Consulting
> >         > 
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