Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
jimw wagner wrote: James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Actually it is more than just a list: there is a Migration Guide which includes several chapter on differences between MS Office and OOo. You can download these chapters from

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
Thomas Chilton wrote: I know this is getting a little off-topic but I feel compelled to preserve my good name! The date I was going from was in the document itself... Modifications and updates Version Date Description of Change 0.1 1 July 2004 First draft 1.0 28 November 2004 First

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-14 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 14 January 2007 8:36 am, James Knott wrote: Thomas Chilton wrote: I know this is getting a little off-topic but I feel compelled to preserve my good name! The date I was going from was in the document itself... Modifications and updates Version Date Description of Change

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-14 Thread James Knott
James Knott wrote: jimw wagner wrote: James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Actually it is more than just a list: there is a Migration Guide which includes several chapter on differences between MS Office and OOo. You can download

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread M Henri Day
«Oh, and what about loss of productivity if you switch to OpenOffice.org? None: ...» It seems to me that the study does recognise that there will be some initial loss of productivity, but that this loss («training costs») is temporary : «The study does mention the biggest costs are training

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread John Meyer
M Henri Day wrote: «Oh, and what about loss of productivity if you switch to OpenOffice.org? None: ...» It seems to me that the study does recognise that there will be some initial loss of productivity, but that this loss («training costs») is temporary : «The study does mention the biggest

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 13 January 2007 9:54 am, John Meyer wrote: M Henri Day wrote: «Oh, and what about loss of productivity if you switch to OpenOffice.org? None: ...» It seems to me that the study does recognise that there will be some initial loss of productivity, but that this loss («training

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread John Meyer
Dan Lewis wrote: Actually it is more than just a list: there is a Migration Guide which includes several chapter on differences between MS Office and OOo. You can download these chapters from http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors/. Dan Thanks, but one question:

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread Tom Chilton
And the migration guide is two years old... I remember using OO.org for the first time around then and it was nothing compared to what it is now... On 13 Jan 2007, at 17:29, John Meyer wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Actually it is more than just a list: there is a Migration Guide which

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread Dan Lewis
Would you believe I left out one character in the URL? The link I gave was for OOo 1.1.x. The correct link for OOo 2.x is http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/. Have a look at what is available. You might be surprised. Dan On Saturday 13 January 2007 12:07 pm, Tom

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread robert
Although a little old, this article does compare and constrast MS and OO on 10 power user features: http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/06/14/2137222.shtml?tid=152tid=93 On Saturday 13 January 2007 09:54, John Meyer wrote: Thinking about this, has anybody put together a list, side by

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread James Knott
John Meyer wrote: M Henri Day wrote: «Oh, and what about loss of productivity if you switch to OpenOffice.org? None: ...» It seems to me that the study does recognise that there will be some initial loss of productivity, but that this loss («training costs») is temporary : «The study does

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread James Knott
John Meyer wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Actually it is more than just a list: there is a Migration Guide which includes several chapter on differences between MS Office and OOo. You can download these chapters from http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors/. Dan

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the migration guide is two years old... I remember using OO.org for the first time around then and it was nothing compared to what it is now... If you come across anything in the migration guide that is obsolete, you could make an important contribution to the

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread James Knott
Tom Chilton wrote: And the migration guide is two years old... I remember using OO.org for the first time around then and it was nothing compared to what it is now... I didn't realize May 2006 was 2 years agol My calendar must be busted. ;-)

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread jimw wagner
James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Actually it is more than just a list: there is a Migration Guide which includes several chapter on differences between MS Office and OOo. You can download these chapters from

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 13 January 2007 4:58 pm, jimw wagner wrote: James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: Dan Lewis wrote: Actually it is more than just a list: there is a Migration Guide which includes several chapter on differences between MS Office and OOo. You can download these chapters

Re: [users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-13 Thread Thomas Chilton
I know this is getting a little off-topic but I feel compelled to preserve my good name! The date I was going from was in the document itself... Modifications and updates Version Date Description of Change 0.1 1 July 2004 First draft 1.0 28 November 2004 First published edition Apologies

[users] EU study mentions OpenOffice

2007-01-12 Thread robert
Maybe slightly off topic, but I haven't seen this in the news section yet... From http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070112025016466 The EU Commission's Final Report on its Study on the Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and