I recommend experimenting with Funambol as an open-source BES replacement: https://www.forge.funambol.org/DomainHome.html
Also, OO/Libre Office has come a long way in the last two years. Might be worth another look :) On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 6:01 PM, sanga collins <[email protected]>wrote: > gentlemen i can say from experience, open office and libre office are a no > go in corp environment. A couple of years back for my 30 remote sites and 2 > corp offices I run IT for tried to switch everyone over to open office then > libre office because corp didnt want to pay for ridiculous priced office > licenses. Guess what At the end they paid. > > On the other hand Zimbra was a friggin slam dunk sucess. I still have an > exchange server because our company owner insisted on keeping his > blackberry and BES + exchange was the easiest way to support it. but i dont > mind a simple exchange server for the guy who basically signs my pay checks > :) Everyone else has been zimbrafied :) > > I did create a very robust scalable setup so if anyone is interested in > doing the same i can guide you from beginging to end. I can even show you > how to create an activesync environment to support most mobile users > (except for blackberry :) > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]>wrote: > >> But don't you see that this is the big problem? You want to force users >> to change how they work to suit how you develop. (And isn't MS's XML format >> published as well? I hesitate to say "open") >> >> Are you going to convince the standard idiot user who uses Word that they >> have to save as ODF? What about the 3000 documents he has on his hard disk >> that are in Word (and that open in just about every version of Word since >> Word XP [albeit with the Office 2007 addin]) How many ODF documents do you >> estimate fly around the web? Same for Latex. >> >> German => Polish is a bit of a silly example. US English Libre Office >> can't open US English Word Document. >> >> P. >> -- >> Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable >> events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one >> is given credit. >> >> >> >> On 15 May 2012 15:24, Okello <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday 15 May 2012 13:58:21 Peter C. Ndikuwera wrote: >>> > My 2p. >>> > >>> > Libre Office is ok but you can't say most users won't notice. >>> >>> when they complain "word has a problem" they did not noticed the >>> difference. >>> >>> >>> > From what I've seen, a large document with graphics & text boxes and >>> tables >>> > (i.e. just about every over-20 page document) created in Word is almost >>> > impossible to open in Libre Office while retaining all the formatting, >>> > spacing, etc. Even worse, try opening and saving as docx = disaster. >>> >>> That something i've seen, even between different word versions. Like >>> opening >>> with a german word a one line document saved with polish word => windows >>> freeze. >>> >>> There is something called "Open Document Format" standartised and >>> supported by >>> word AFAIK full. From the history of word it is obvious that Microsoft >>> has no >>> sentiments toward own formats and change/abandom them as the marketing >>> departement recommends it. DOCX is AFAIK one of those temporary file >>> formats >>> that by historical experience can become unsupported with any change of a >>> word version. >>> >>> > I believe Word, >>> >>> I believe LaTeX ;-) >>> >>> but beside of that it is a question of what is needed in the daily >>> routine. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Okello >>> >>> -- >>> Separating code and design in websites http://www.uHTML.info >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>> >>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>> [email protected] >>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> >>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> attachments if any). 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