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From: Gordon on 14 Jan 2010 03:39
Conor wrote:

>>
> Wrong. The vast majority of office users are in a corporate environment.
> OOo is not suitable for their needs.
>

Drivel. I was a Systems Accountant up till a few years ago and I can
tell you that MOST corporate users do NOT use any functionality that is
in MS Office but not in Open Office. Period.
From: Gordon on 14 Jan 2010 03:40
Conor wrote:

>
> Quite probably. You'll also find they're using MS Office as well.
>

For the few users only who need functions which are not in OO. And
that's not many.
From: Peter Köhlmann on 14 Jan 2010 03:57
Gordon wrote:

> Conor wrote:
>
>>
>> Quite probably. You'll also find they're using MS Office as well.
>>
>
> For the few users only who need functions which are not in OO. And
> that's not many.

Well, what function exactly would be missing?

The widiots simply claim that MSO has functionality that is missing in OO.
And when asked for specifics, usually slink away red faced
--
Only two things are infinite,
the Universe and Stupidity.
And I'm not quite sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein

From: Hadron on 14 Jan 2010 05:44
Rick <none(a)mail.invalid> writes:

> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:18:07 +0000, Conor wrote:
>
>> In article <slrnhkstrh.uit.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH says...
>>>
>>> On 2010-01-13, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > In article <slrnhksal6.5sr.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH says...
>>> >
>>> >> Open Office is good enough to apply negative price pressure to
>>> >> MSO.
>>> >
>>> > OOo is no use to anyone who wants to do more than a basic expenses
>>> > spreadsheet or homework.
>>>
>>> ...which as I said before is the vast majority of users.
>>>
>> Wrong. The vast majority of office users are in a corporate environment.
>> OOo is not suitable for their needs.
>
> Why not?
>
> I am sure there are some corporations listed here:
> <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/
> Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments#Private_Sector>

It can be suitable if they dont need 100% MSO compatibility.

To advocate it if they do is silly.


From: Snit on 14 Jan 2010 05:56
Gordon stated in post 7r83jfF6tkU2(a)mid.individual.net on 1/14/10 1:40 AM:

> Conor wrote:
>
>>
>> Quite probably. You'll also find they're using MS Office as well.
>>
>
> For the few users only who need functions which are not in OO. And
> that's not many.

Just looking at what functions / features each has does not tell you which
is better suited for a task... you have to look at how well each function is
handled.


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