[ale] SO vs OO

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>Message: 11
>Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:17:46 -0400
>From: Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net>
>Subject: Re: [ale] SO vs OO
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Message-ID: <407348AA.3030508 at 3times25.net>
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>Marvin Dickens wrote:
>> On Monday 05 April 2004 09:59, Dow Hurst wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I have found for complex documents/posters or documents with 
>>> special fonts and formatting that OOo will not open or save as 
>>> MSWord/Powerpoint correctly. Most of the time I can open up the
>>> document or poster to get the info I need, but if I have to modify
>>> and resend back, then I just revert to MSoffice under CXoffice.
>> 
>> 
>> All of the MS Word/Powerpoint power users that I know that use
>> Word/Powerpoint for business purposes won't switch to SO or OO for
>> the reasons you described above: Complex files generated in MS Word
>> and Powerpoint are ?mangled when displayed in OO and SO.
>> 
>> All of these same people tell me if OO or SO fixed this they would
>> leave the MS platform like rats jumping from a sinking ship.
>
>To me, this is such a cop out. ?Very few people reuse word documents. 
>It would be very easily for most businesses to migrage to OO, 
>particularily since OO is available on windows as well. ?You simply 
>continue to modify your old word docs with Office and create all new 
>ones with OO.
>
>I did this when I migrated from Applixware to OO.
>
>-- 
>Until later, Geoffrey ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Registered Linux User #108567
>Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft
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I agree. OO is a vital 'Windows to Linux' tool. Once a company realizes that OO, an open source app, can work for them and save them money on the Windows side, it helps make the full Linux (oss) transition easier.

Mitch Featherston