[SC.LUG] Linux MS Office look-alikes in practice.

[Les Pritchard]

I've also been generally happy with Open Office.  I have installed it on
some non-techie people's computers and they've been very pleased with it.
However I've also run into problems with word forms going a bit wrong in OO.

One possibility could be that they use OO for day to day stuff and keep Word
(assuming they already have the licenses) available via Wine for the odd
document that has problems.  Granted many may just choose to use Word for
everything, but at least they'll have the choice.

I think that the next year could be a very good time for OO as the new
version of Office is very different from the earlier ones.  It looks like
they're dropping menus and trying to change the way people use it.  So that
could be a great chance to say "Ok, you can learn this new office (and spend
lots of money on it) or go with something (OO) that is very similar to what
you already know.  Could be a good solution for organisations without the
money.

Les

On 9/25/06, enquiries at intelligence-direct.com <
enquiries at intelligence-direct.com> wrote:
>
> On Monday 25 September 2006 15:30, Roger Gibson wrote:
> > Hi All,  does anyone have any user experience of Linux MS office
> > look-alikes like SUSE Enterprise Desktop 10.
>
> We have been using open office for the last couple of years without a
> hitch,
> few teething problems as users got used to minor differences, but nothing
> major.
>
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