On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:52:11 -0700 (PDT)
mslicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[snip]

> I paid for StarOffice back at version 5.0 and find that the 5.2 version
> handles MS Word documents very well, including the graphics.  It seems to
> me like they broke a few things in the OpenOffice version and it will
> take them some time to fix it all.  That's understandable being that they
> are modifying it to use GNOME desktop componants.  Once fixed, the work
> will have been well worth it.

I hated the 'intgrated desktop' in SO - OOo has got rid of that, and the latest 
release is as good as if not better than SO was. It's also ideal for deployment on 
LTSP - once the first user has loaded it in the morning, it's available in memory for 
subsequent users. Try dosing that with MS-Office!

> Large to medium organizations will find conversion to StarOffice very
> difficult as training costs will outweight getting the software for free
> and as users are likely to revolt en-mass.  

I don't think there is any evidence to prove this - as most users use only 10-15% of 
the functionality of MS-Office, migrating is no big deal.

[snip]

> - Market with targeted mailings inviting businesmen to technology
> demonstrations..  They need to see with their own eyes what the LTSP-based
> solution can do.  Small businessmen like to see neat tricks and big
> businessmen like to see solutions that significantly reduce time and risk
> spent on dealing with wide-ranging problems.  Both types are very open to
> new ideas under such conditions.

Here is the real differentiator. I would in a big corporate who receive
the full treatment from MS - 'off the record' briefings, 'free'
'consultancy', 'educational' trips across the Atlantic... You can't
finance that on open source.

John

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