[olug] OT - Openoffice

[Jeff Hinrichs]

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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