I guess that's the point of linguistics which are needed on this project.
We really need people to put a factual but not intimidating message.
Saying that your document might not work is not good for ANYONE no them
nor us. And I have constantly being a witness of that. Same thing Free
software had when they say 'no warranty'. Just because we say it we carry
the cross of scaring people away.
On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:01:12 -0500, J David Eisenberg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The San Jose Mercury news (http://www.mercurynews.com)
has a front-page link to an article by Dawn Chmielewski entitled
"OpenOffice free software not obscure anymore."
Her review is slightly favorable, but towards the end are some paragraphs
that may need a response:
"But certain aspects of OpenOffice caused palpitations. When I attempted
to save my column composed in Write, the software flashed a warning that
I
might lose aspects of the document's formatting or appearance. Others who
have worked with the software say it can hiccup over complex PowerPoint
presentations with intricate graphics and several fonts.
The allure of free is powerful. This is doubly true when the free,
community-developed product is superior to the Microsoft offering. That's
the case of Mozilla's Firefox Web browser, which is securer and more
elegant than Internet Explorer.
But these OpenOffice glitches are enough to deter one analyst who shares
research with clients from using it on reports, for fear of circulating a
flawed document."
--
Alexandro Colorado
CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES
http://es.openoffice.org
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