Quoth Peter: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Uri Even-Chen wrote: > >Most people use non-free software. Even FireFox has plugins which are [snip] > >Office format. Word, Excel, Powerpoint - you name it. I can't and > >don't want to ignore them. > DID you EVER try OO or are you too scared because it might work for you ?
There are two arguments here - a legitimate (if, in my opinion, misguided) concern by Uri Even-Chen and an ad-hominem by Peter. Let's address the ad-hominem first. It is a fine tactic, one I personally am very fond of. In the case of Israelis, it is often the best and - alas - the only tactic. So - good job, Peter. As to Uri's concern - yes, you are right - you need to interoperate. Your only modus operandi is "education" - educate your correspondents about using what can be described as a RCD (Reasonable Common Denominator). OpenOffice can and does interoperate with MS Office to a reasonable degree. Or - rather - vice versa. We are promised a much better level of interoperability once OO2 hits the streets in earnest (though I am not too optimistic). So - OO and OO2 work, sometimes (often) with quirks. Grin and buffulo it. Marc -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
