RE: [Sheflug] Office apps - OpenOffice.org

[Steve Tickle <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 14:54 01/07/02 +0100, mark.l.johnson [at] barclays.co.uk wrote:
>Hmm,
>
> > Our MD has just waltzed in and announced that he'd like all
> > but a very few
>
>What caused him to have this brainwave then? Might be good if you can get a
>statement out of him, for Linux advocacy purposes.

He considers Bill Gates to be his own personal nemesis and is, generally 
speaking, probably more anti-Micro$oft than all you lot put together. He is 
also a little impetuous at times and I gather that IE was taking an age to 
load a web site he wanted to visit this morning so that kind of made the 
decision easier for him  ;-)

> > I haven't looked at Star Office or KOffice for some time so
> > I'd really
> > appreciate it if some of you could give me the low-down on how M$
>
>OpenOffice.org!! I really is good, I have also installed in on my M$ boxen
>and I can't fault it. The import <> export of M$Office documents, is
>cracking, I have had no problems so far.

Thanks to everyone who replied. I shall be paying a visit to OpenOffice.org 
as my previous experiences with SO 5 pointsomething was that it was good 
but ran slower than a three legged dog on our trailing-edge technology. 
Besides, he's looking to cut the costs of and simplify licensing so it 
doesn't make a lot of sense to go with SO.

Thanks again everyone.

Steve

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