[olug] OT - Openoffice

[Rob Townley]

OO Base offers connections to Exchange AddressBook and other Exchange
LDAP connections.

The Extension / Plug-In capabilities offer much better languages than
vb.  OO.o Integration capabilities are impressive.  Imported Macros
worked except when coded poorly.

When old machines die, MS Office is no longer installed.  Down to 2
machines and they will not be around long.

i still want my time back from the times i neurotically swapped in
different licensed CDs of MS Office to add in a feature to MS Word to
no avail.  Wasted too much time with Microsoft licensing.

On 10/14/10, 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
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>
>
> 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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