[ILUG] Typical - Schools / vendor lockin.

[Cathal Ferris]

I find this type of thing all across the teaching spectrum in Ireland:
Registration forms and other documentation in obscure formats readable 
only in expensive programs.

Case in point: The registration form for a teacher's association meeting 
is in MS Publisher format. Even those places with enterprise licenses for 
MS products wouldn't have MS Publisher. Not many schools would have 
licenses for this.

http://www.ista.ie/Letterkenny1.html

How can this be remedied in the long run?

Cathal.

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Cathal Ferris
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