Looking at Linux? Here's a list to investigate to help you with planning and your pilot.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16984/1141/
(originally found on http://opsamericas.com/?p=627)
And here's another site:
I think an essential component of switching over is to truly understand, through observation, the skillset of your users. A lot of learning is done by rote and thus users look more expert on a familiar platform than they are. Switching over, for a rote user, takes more effort than for someone who understands "General important functions go under the File menu, Format menu probably has stuff not on the toolbar, I should look under Tools for anything techier, never press Return to go to the next line within a paragraph," etc.
"never press Return to go to the next line within a paragraph,"
Oh the files I've cleaned up for people. Ever try to "fix" two columns that were created with Tabs? Shudder!
Posted by: Richard Chapman | March 14, 2008 at 09:48 AM
Hi Richard,
I kind of like it, because of the chaos-to-order factor, but only at an hourly rate. ;>
Solveig
Posted by: Solveig | March 14, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Thanks for the trackback, we have another very popular article that rolls up the use of Openoffice.org in Education, found here:
http://opsamericas.com/?p=333 (OpenOffice.org in Education: A Roundup)
Ross
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