This came from one of the IT staff at uOttawa. I've put in my 2 cents
that demanding file formats is one thing, but asking students to pay
more than $200 for software when there are Free/Libre alternatives falls
in the "not nice" column.
>You may find the document “How_to_buy_a_Laptop_Best_Practices.pdf”
>valuable to you and your students.
>Here’s the reference (no login necessary):
>http://doc-depot.telfer.uottawa.ca/Info/Computing/MBA_MHA_M.SC/How_to_buy_a_Laptop_Best_Practices.pdf
One thing I don't know about is whether there is any open software that
can mimic MS Access. It may be that a few of us could do a "workalike"
to this document that lists the alternatives to M$ and the "price" i.e.,
download location in each case.
JN