On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 14:41 -0500, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: > Hi Peter. > > What do you use MS Office suite for? What version do you use? > > I myself have dumped MSO for several years at this point. For > Spreadsheet and Word Processing using .doc and .xlt files, I > prefer to use LibreOffice. You can read and write these files > easily. LibreOffice also has a Presentation module that works > well with the Power Point file I have needed to edit. For the > database work, I am not the one to talk to since I rarely do > any of that, so you will need to get someone else to walk you > through what Base can do for you instead of using MS Access. > > Since you currently have over 30 desktops and laptops with MSO > installed [most likely] you can install LibreOffice on any new > computers instead of buying a MSO license. Then you can > install LibreOffice on your other computers, one at a time as > you get time to do this. The great part about LibreOffice is that > you can read/write MSO files so if some of your personnel and > most of your clients use MSO, the other can still use LibreOffice > to edit those MSO files. > > As for the Linux servers, well they are usually cheaper than using > MS Server OS. So do not worry. Just to let you know, LibreOffice > runs on more computer platforms, like Linux, that MS Office does: > Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and some other platforms. I run it > on Windows Vista laptop and a Linux [Ubuntu] desktop. Each > version looks and runs the same to me. > > Feel free to download and install LibreOffice on a few computers. > Use it for some time to see how it goes. No need to uninstall MSO > at this point. Once you decide that you like LibreOffice, then you > can faze out MSO over time. That is what I tell my clients I support > in Central New York State.
Thank you Any other takers? > > > On 02/14/2011 01:39 PM, drew wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > We are interested in your LibreOffice office suite. > > > > We are a small business, owned by myself along with my brothers and an > > uncle. We started as a commemorative stone engraving business 10 years > > ago, here in Little Rock, Arkansas. > > > > Today we supply cemeteries across a three state area, and have expanded > > into the commercial landscaping rock and cement form business. > > > > We employee less then 50 people, but with current projections expect to > > break the 50 employee barrier, adding the need for more structured > > accounting practices, sometime this year. We transfer all our > > information to a local CPA quarterly for taxes, payroll and cash > > accounts are maintained in-house on a system then our CPA helped us > > pick-out and setup 7 years ago. > > > > Currently we maintain 21 computer workstations in three buildings, at > > two sites in the Little Rock area. > > > > 15 latptops are also used by the sales force. > > > > 5 smart phones are used by our field sales force today, but they are not > > using them much for invoicing yet, something we are very interested in > > adding however. > > > > We use 2 servers at one of our locations and 1 server at the other, all > > three are maintained by one staff member and a contract with a local > > service provider. > > > > 2 of the servers are I believe running Linux (don't know what kind, I > > understand there are different kinds, right?) and one runs MS Server, > > some year..*smile*..I should know, that is the one I am 'on' all the > > time. *chuckle* > > > > So, can I just swap out MS for Libo and go? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Peter > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
