Re: [users-biblio] kent state capstone project?

[Dow Hurst]

As a sysadmin supporting researchers and a researcher myself, I have 
wanted to switch the group to OOo as much as possible.  However, we use 
Endnote so there is no way to make the switch possible at this time.  I 
would say OOo gives about 30 percent of the functionality the group 
needs while Endnote gives the other 70%.  So little of OOo functionality 
or MSWord is really needed by scientific researchers.  It is the 
bibliographic management capability that is what is important when 
publishing time comes around.

I also agree with a previous post that until schools can switch out 
MSOffice and Endnote with OOo from grade 1 thru doctoral theses, there 
won't be the penetration that Linux users would like.  Nobody will argue 
against free if the functionality, reliability, and support is there.
Dow Hurst

Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
On Feb 10, 2005, at 11:33 AM, Bruce Winterhalder wrote:
I will add that there are many academics who would be eager to switch 
to Linux/Open Office as their working environment, except that they 
are utterly, often hourly, dependent on a bibliographic database 
program like Endnote or Biblioscape. 

Show of hands:
How many people on this list find the existing functionality adequate 
enough to use, even if it's not ideal?

My contention is that the current support isn't even really adequate 
for undergraduate students, much less professional scholars and 
researchers.  I'm just wondering how widely that view is held.

In my case, though I'm co-project lead for this project, I don't use 
OOo for authoring.

Bruce
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