On 19 November 2010 15:11, Phil Hibbs <sna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ian Lynch: > > And of course there is the > > argument that without certain features some of the large public sector > > switches might not have happened. > > Back in my teens, my dad and I wrote a Basic interpreter for the PC > based on the Acorn BBC Micro dialect. We went to a computer show, and > I lost count of the number of people who just asked "Is it 100% > compatible?", and when I said "no, but...", they just laughed and > walked off. It's a hard barrier to break through - there are plenty of > people who will say "It doesn't have feature X therefore we'll stick > with Microsoft". Sometimes it's features that can be worked around, > such as only allowing one AutoFilter in a workbook, but someone will > use that as an excuse for declaring a show-stop. >
Thing we don't really know is whether a very efficient and compact version of Writer that supported excellent filters for all the commonly used things like tables, headings etc and worked in a cell phone would outweigh anything missing. After all the versions of MS Office for handhelds is only a subset of the full MS Office. In phones it is not the same barrier as in PCs, > > Phil. > -- > Don't you just hate self-referential sigs? > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: Email to > discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org<discuss%2bh...@documentfoundation.org> > Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived *** > > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQwww.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***
