This is cool. I have used Open Office a few time and I think that if you don’t need a database front end (Access) it’s a great deal for anyone that needs to put text on a page.
…The creativity didn’t stop there: the 45 Pentium 133’s, now “stuffed full of RAM” and with faulty hard drives removed, are sporting shiny new copies of Knoppix Linux running off of CDs. These ingeniously recycled workstations are strategically located in public areas around the campus, providing Internet access in easy to administer and maintain packages. “There’s no monitoring or reconfiguring to do,” says Duncan. “We just reboot.”
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