[discuss] Re: Reasons for using OOo

2005-05-09 Thread blabla
Ian Lynch wrote: On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 21:43 -0400, Caleb Marcus wrote: I bought MS Office with my computer, but at the time I didn't know about OOo. I'm wondering what peoples' reasons for using OOo are. 10 reasons why people use OOo 1. Saves money 2. Lack of tie in to MS/dislike of MS etc 3.

Re: [discuss] Re: Reasons for using OOo

2005-05-09 Thread Ian Lynch
On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 09:02 +0200, blabla wrote: 10 reasons why people use OOo 1. Saves money 2. Lack of tie in to MS/dislike of MS etc 3. Some features better implemented than MS as far as they are concerned 4. OOo Draw 5. More compact files and Open Format 6. MS Office doesn't

[discuss] Re: Reasons for using OOo

2005-05-09 Thread Jonathan Kaye
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 En/La Caleb Marcus ha escrit, a 07/05/05 03:43: | I bought MS Office with my computer, but at the time I didn't know about | OOo. I'm wondering what peoples' reasons for using OOo are. Albanian language support of course. ;-) Mirupafshim, Jonathan

Re: [discuss] Re: Reasons for using OOo

2005-05-09 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On 09/05/2005, at 10:02, blabla wrote: Ian Lynch wrote: On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 21:43 -0400, Caleb Marcus wrote: I bought MS Office with my computer, but at the time I didn't know about OOo. I'm wondering what peoples' reasons for using OOo are. 10 reasons why people use OOo 1. Saves money 2. Lack

Re: [discuss] Re: Reasons for using OOo

2005-05-09 Thread Ian Lynch
On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 12:53 +0300, Shoshannah Forbes wrote: On 09/05/2005, at 10:02, blabla wrote: Ian Lynch wrote: On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 21:43 -0400, Caleb Marcus wrote: I bought MS Office with my computer, but at the time I didn't know about OOo. I'm wondering what peoples' reasons

Re: [discuss] Re: Reasons for using OOo

2005-05-09 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On 09/05/2005, at 13:39, Ian Lynch wrote: MSO is cross platform for the PC and Mac Not if you need Hebrew or Arabic (Office Mac does not support those languages- you need to use OpenOffice/NeoOffice). IMO, in order for an application to be considered cross platform, it cannot have major features