-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dinesh Joshi wrote:
> OOo can't be a replacement to M$ Office, just yet. It has a long way to > go before it matures into a real competitor. Till then I dont think we > can truly pitch Linux for the desktops / workstations where such work is > to be carried out. This must be once of the more fascinating threads in recent times - in the same thread there has been cries of "Linux not been enterprise ready" and "Linux not being desktop ready". A week back I had sat through someone telling that "OpenOffice.org is a piece of software whose destiny was to reduce the price of Microsoft Office". A culmination of all that might lead to one concluding that what are we eagerly debating. If OO.o indeed does not perform as expected file a bug and let's move on - else can someone test a sample file ? The functionality of a desktop is in no small way tied in to the underlying data formats - if one chooses to use data formats that are not completely open and yet complain about the immature Linux desktop - then stretching that analogy a lack of Tally for Mac can be inferred as Mac being not suitable for a desktop. The desktop OS is a means to interact with content - if someone says that the desktop would be replaced by EverythingOnline (TM) - sure you are right - that can happen. But it ain't happening today at least. If there are issues that are known to make OO.o barf - file an issue and move on. Commit to issuezilla and not to mailman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG5+PrXQZpNTcrCzMRAu6eAJ0SOMBWBWwaPkWNOIqMSK8CSuGSGgCgqUZa WSn/Y+SA+r7VJGZbB0QNM/o= =kbmM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
