On 2/23/06, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alexandro Colorado wrote: > > Document automatization, > > That sounds very buzz word compliant, but I don't know what it means.
It means you can automate documents. IE - you can have them automatically updated from an RSS feed or a Stock Ticker or a webpage or a podcast... > centralized storage, > > But I listed this as a drawback. You lose your internet connection and > you lose your documents. Keep local copies - did you read my eariler email addressing this? > better collaborative scheme. > > Buzz word compliant, but I don't know what you mean. "Plays well with others" - does that clear it up. If user A, user B, and user C are all working on Document Delta - it's easier for them to work together if the document is centralized, and if the software is centralized. In theory, they could see each others changes in real time - instead of having to sync them manually. > If your laptop gets stolen you can loose all that data. > > I have lost internet connections many times. Some times for an extended > period of time. In contrast, my laptop has never been stolen. I think > that the risk of losing internet access is greater than the risk of > losing your laptop. Furthermore, I can have a redundant backup on a USB > key. You can have a redundant backup copy on a USB key or a hard drive or a CD ROM or an iPod or whatever you want with an online office suite as well. Have you even tried Writely? - http://www.writely.com/ - it's free, it's ODF compliant, it exports to ODF, PDF, DOC, and more. But the point is you can easily save a local copy or local copies with the click of a button - just as easily as saving your work in OOo. And since you can still have a local office suite - there's no reason why you'd have to stop working on the file just because you lost net connectivity. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ Because everyone loves free software!
