On 10/4/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Uri Even-Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > The same problem is with FireFox - it doesn't come with Windows, you > > have to install it. > I know of quite a few people who switched to FireFox but wouldn't switch from > MS-Office to OpenOffice. > > > > > > I also tried Open Office and went back to MS Office. It's just not as > > easy to use, and not compatible with the rest of the world... > > Compatibility is a big issue. > > Compatibilty with the clients' documents is a one of the major issues. For > people who are painfully aware of compatibility problems between different > versions of MS-Word, OpenOffice may not seem very attractive. This isn't just > a > matter of cost, it's also a matter of the time spent to give it a proper test.
But are they willing to sit down and test all their documents with the new MS office version? My take from your statement is that people just PRECIEVE that OO is less compatible just because it comes from a different source while in practice it might have better support for legacy MS documents than MS Office itself. --Amos ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
