[olug] OT - Openoffice

[DYNATRON tech]

"im not sure if i can use a product that doesnt have a talking paperclip. my
employees all feel the same way."

-stretch johnson, CTO- dutch latex company
On Oct 15, 2010 10:43 AM, "Jeff Hinrichs" <jeffh at delasco.com> wrote:
> Ribbon -- more like toilet paper. I've been using OOo for over 5 years in
a
> corporate setting and haven't had any major issues. In fact, for a
standard
> desktop we install OOo. M$ Office is reserved for only those users (a
small
> minority) who are true excel jockies and for which OOo Calc just isn't as
> powerful. We are a windows shop for the desktops but we work hard at
> minimizing, where possible, M$'s hegemony over our data. We booted
Exchange
> for GMail premiere and only 20% of our servers run windows.
>
> As a business, we worry about our data being locked in, so the apps that
use
> open standards always get preference.
>
> am I in a mood or what?
>
> -Jeff
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com
>wrote:
>
>> How many users are out there who still hate the ribbon interface? I
>> imagine all those users will find OOO easier than MS Office.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 5
>>
>> On Oct 15, 2010, at 10:21 AM, DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > will said it for me...
>> >
>> > in addition, i was quite amused by most of the sources... sounds like a
>> list
>> > of fake companies...no fortune 500 names in this list:
>> >
>> > speedy hire
>> > pittsford school district
>> > central scotland police
>> > SARAR group (scarves dept.)
>> > cobra auto
>> > ciar
>> > infoworld
>> > orange county schools
>> > art of transport logistics
>> > koczmarski inkasso
>> > kredobank JSC
>> > borschagivskiy chemical
>> > forsyth county schools
>> >
>> > come on...scarves dept?!
>> >
>> > maybe i read it wrong
>> > On Oct 14, 2010 10:44 PM, "Will Langford" <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Kelly Williams
>> >> <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I found this out on yahoo news.I thought you all should see this
video
>> on
>> >>> youtube on how Microsoft is trashing Openoffice.org and how big of a
>> > problem
>> >>> it is. Not true to me its simpler to use than Micro$oft office. What
>> > upsets
>> >>> me that they turned off the comments on there so no one can make a
>> > comment.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzdykNa2IBU&feature=player_embedded
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >
>>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20101014/tc_pcworld/microsoftadtrashesopenofficeorg
>> >>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Ars also ran a story about it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/10/microsoft-posts-video-of-customers-criticizing-openoffice.ars
>> >>
>> >> <
>> >
>>
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/10/microsoft-posts-video-of-customers-criticizing-openoffice.ars
>> >> The
>> >> comments section seems to congeal into a sentiment that OOo is fine
for
>> >> hobby / home use, but that it isn't so useful in a full spreadsheet
>> jockey
>> > /
>> >> office dweller scenario. The comments section also aptly mention that
>> >> Exchange and other integration in Office is sorely missing from OOo.
>> >>
>> >> While there's not much to be said for the original Microsoft
commercial,
>> > the
>> >> comments section of the Ars article are worth reading IMHO.
>> >>
>> >> I typically avoid any office programs at all costs... I'm a coder
damnit
>> > :).
>> >> But I have used OOo in the past for a few things with very little
>> trouble.
>> >> Granted, I'd prolly still use Word Perfect for DOS if I had ease of
>> access
>> >> to it.... since I tend to only use the word processor in office
suites,
>> >> skipping all the spreadsheet & presentation stuff. Abiword seemed
>> alright
>> >> in my book as well.
>> >>
>> >> It's been years since I've used any OOo / Office app, so ... while I
may
>> >> think OOo is just fine, I'm sure there are regular Office users who
>> would
>> >> disagree.... and I can't really offer a 'recent' opinion.
>> >>
>> >> ---------
>> >>
>> >> Also - it's important to note that this is a good sign that OOo has
>> become
>> >> important enough to warrant stomping on by Microsoft. It's also a
great
>> >> avenue of attack, since OOo should be a flagship open source
>> application.
>> > If
>> >> you discredit a flagship product, it's much easier to discredit the
>> >> ecosystem from whence it came.
>> >>
>> >> -Will
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