Robin,
That would be a very interesting case study. Would you have the time and
interest to write up the situation, the problems, and the reasons for
selecting TeX and OOo?
Maybe it could be on Newforge but, regardless, it would be a valuable an
interesting resource on its own: It would be useful as documented facts
counter to MS apologists rants. Too many MS apologists really overlook
any and all shortcomings, especially in the absence of specific examples.
In the absence of specific examples, it is often claimed by MS fans that
there are no problems, but then talking to other staff over coffee, there
turn out to be the ones you described. (Limiting the discussion to the
sccope of problems encountered with MSO) Then when I go back to the MS
apologist with specific examples, they admit readily that, yes, those
problems do exist.
It usually finishes with them going on some form of a rant about how those
are not really problems because they will all work perfectly once everyone
is running the same version. In cases where they already are running the
same version then the rant is about how those are not really problems
because they will all work perfectly once everyone is running the *next*
version or patch. ad infinitum...
I know it's hard to counter a faith/religion/political movement with hard
facts alone, but until other methods present themselves as viable that's
the task at hand. Documenting some case studies would help a lot.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Software patents kill innovation and harm all Net-based business.
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Robin Laing wrote:
I like the sig line. :)
Around work here, people work between computers that range from W98, 2000 and
XP. MS Office versions are even wider. Final formatting for presentation is
a real pain and in many cases, formatting is lost between computers. Our
organization now allows documents to be presented in pdf format but Office
doesn't include PDF generator at this time. Available through an add-on.
The biggest issue has been MS's auto formatting. It takes over the document
an has destroyed hours of work and "Won't Undo!"
People are moving to both LaTeX and OOo because both of these provide more
control. Our organization is even providing templates in LaTex and looking
at OOo versions.
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