Outlook and Linux

[Lee Braiden]

On Tuesday 01 November 2005 08:30, Olafur Arason wrote:
> > [1] about three or four months ago they tried converting a few people to
> > open office so they could cut down the number of Microsoft office
> > purchases they were making.  The conversion failed miserably.  This
> > organization lives and dies by spreadsheets that are shipped around.  If
> > it is going to be a replacement for Excel, the conversion must be
> > perfect.  Everything must behave identically.  Close enough and fudge
> > it, doesn't cut it because these are salespeople dealing with product
> > and customers with a very short turnaround cycle.  stuff that isn't
> > exactly as it was, makes their hearts beat faster and not in a good way.
> >
> > try open office 2.0?  not likely.  The experience was so bad it's going
> > to take a while for people to forget.

That's a result of shortsighted use of products that lock you in to one 
vendor; something that OpenOffice 2 is an ideal solution to.  And it may 
actually suit your import needs, if you try it.  MS Office compatibility has 
been greatly improved from what I hear, including Excel support.  Either way, 
it's your company's fault that it used a closed format, not OOo's for having 
to guess at what's in the closed format.

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Lee Braiden
http://www.DigitalUnleashed.com