Graham, I apologize for not being hip to the OOo lingo and your scolding has gotten me on track. You are correct that this is my first venture to contribute on the community side but far from my last.
It is clear that you did not read into my message on what I believe can be a hindering point at the CTO level to considering OOo. I am not advocating an Excel replacement just highlighting a point that I have not seen discussed on the threads that I have reviewed here. The post that I replied to had this statement > The same is true for the solutions wiki page. We need to capture > all the solutions that integrate with OpenOffice.org and/or > complement OpenOffice.org. I think my point was on track to the thread was it not? I apologize that I left of the .org when mentioning OOo but believe my statement is still a valid one. If we can convince commercial software vendors to support OOo as an interface into their applications, do you see the opportunity for easing the case for adoption? As for your personal attacks let me take them on one by one. - I have no interest in setting up an "open source business" focused on OOo. I strongly believe in the cause and want to contribute however I can to ensure its adoption. - I have supported open source adoption by comparing commercial and open source solutions when designing the technical architecture for companies I have consulted for. I believe I can use this "business side" experience to support the cause. Again, I have no personal commercial interest in joining the OOo community; it is a cause I believe in. -You may work for the procurement dept. for a large organization and if you are in the complex manufacturing, oil & gas, or Aerospace & Defense industries, I am sure that you are leveraging technologies that I helped to develop. IBM, Boeing, Shell and EADS are a few of the organizations I've been able to convince to "purchase off me". Finally and most importantly lets talk about efficiency. I've just recently joined the OOo community and yesterday, I was able to convince the CTO of the <emphasis> largest government institution </emphasis> here in Ecuador via a 10 minute discussion and leveraging the tools that I have found via the wiki that he needs to consider OOo as a viable alternative to MS Office. Now that being said, I know that I have a long way to go to get up to speed on OOo. Let's work together on this and put aside the dramatics. My goal is to have as close to 0% MSFT Office tools in the public and education sector here in Ecuador and Latin America. Again let me make it clear to you and others here this is driven by belief not financial interests. Regards, Sean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
