Hi, My thoughts below:
On 7/30/07, Dinesh Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. The documents it generates are not 100% compatible with Ms.Office OpenOffice 2.0 does provide good compatibility. Again, it is the work of good reverse engineering. Compatibility is a problem on micro$oft's side. They _never_ comply with standards. > But they need to inter-operate with the rest of the world which means a > good compatibility is important. Rest of the world? micro$oft office is not a free/open standard. > The other issue that people in India generally face is of bandwidth. > Ubuntu installs well. Use Debian with 3 DVDs? > It impresses them. But then it runs up HUGE bills > downloading softwares. Why blame the software if ISPs restrict downloads/uploads, and if the end-user chooses such a plan? > How can we work with these people to > effective push Linux into homes and offices? Ask them to post queries to this mailing list? -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
