As a follow-up to my own email, I want to add this. For project management, ProjectLibre seems like a great fit with LibreOffice.
According to the founder's submission on Joinup: > ProjectLibre is an open source alternative to Microsoft Project. It is > compatible with Project 2003, 2007 and 2010 files and runs on Linux, Mac or > Wiindows. ProjectLibre is perfect as a compliment to OpenOffice and > LibreOffice. Microsoft Project is on 7% of all desktops so this is a > significant addition to the open source ecosystem. http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/projectlibre/description Are there differences in the licences used by PL and LO, and if yes, what are they? Immanuel On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Immanuel Giulea <[email protected]>wrote: > Well to be fair, I raised three points that seemed to me were the > arguments of MS feature-wise. > > Other arguments are listed, and my suggestion was to create a new wiki > page where we could compare (side-by-side) LO and MSO. > > Summary of arguments from MS against LO > > *Arguments about $$* > > - Total costs: Business impact; like software issues, integration, > incompatibility, run-time errors, downtime, unreliable support and > security vulnerability. > - Total benefit: Such as reliable supports, updates, accessibility, > and security. > - Integration cost: The cost associated when you decide to use a > different software platform. > - Management: Can it be easily managed? Large companies tend to have > this issue because they don’t have a unified system. > - Deployment costs: Can it handle corporate size business > productivity? In addition to the compromise or extra benefits of > software alternatives. > - OpenOffice/LibreOffice does not provide the same depth of > functionality as Microsoft Office as a result do not meet the needs of some > end users. This will force your organization to manage multiple software > suites potentially increasing IT costs. > > > - When running a mixed software environment you are also running the > risk of interoperability issues which could further increase IT and > helpdesk costs, inhibit productivity, and generate end users frustration. > - Additional factors that could create higher costs include > integration with your existing systems and applications like ERP and > content management systems and software updates. > - *LibreOffice*/OpenOffice *does not allow for incremental software > updates. *Instead it requires a complete uninstall and reinstall every > time you need to update the software. > > > *Arguments more about features* > > > - Office drives increasing business value through innovations that > span basic functionality, like copy and paste, to advanced features like > business intelligence. > - LibreOffice/OpenOffice does not deliver a complete productivity > suite. Critical components like email and calendaring are absent, not > to mention equivalent software to Publisher, OneNote, Business Contact > Manager and SharePoint Workspace. > - LibreOffice / OpenOffice also lack some commonly used components, > for instance; they do not ship with commonly used functionality like > user friendly ribbons, clipart, SmartArt or Pivot Charts. > - Organizations may have to fill these application gaps with product > extensions, additional software or customizations adding to cost and > complexity. > > > *Arguments about collaboration* > > > - Collaboration technology should facilitate ease of sharing, and > trust in the fidelity of information shared. To facilitate collaboration, > Office 2010 has many new features including co-authoring, integration with > the Microsoft Unified Communications technologies in addition to the new > online companion applications, the Office Web Applications. > - People using OpenOffice/LibreOffice are limited to using > disparate email and document repositories to share and edit documents one > person at a time. To take advantage of advanced collaboration > technologies will require additional software and possibly more > customization. In addition to sharing documents, information > formatting integrity is critical. > - LibreOfice/OpenOffice can read and output many file types, however vital > information like formatting structures, calculations, layout, and macros > may not be preserved when sharing with non OpenOffice/LibreOffice > users. > - Whether you have a mixed group of users or plan to share documents > with people outside of your organization you may not be able to trust that > people receive the document with the intended content and formatting. > > *Security/Sensitive information* > > > - OpenOffice/LibreOffice are limited to only password protecting > files. Although password protected documents can be effective, they do > not ensure security and may cause additional complexity. > - Advantage and also weakness of OpenOffice/LibreOffice for being an > open source software means that many users have the ability to alter > the state of the software by integrating their own design, which could lead > to security vulnerability issue. > - Microsoft Office provides a robust set of features for securing > documents that reduces the risk and cumbersomeness of password only > protection. > - Information Rights Management (IRM) allows individuals and > administrators to specify permissions to documents, workbooks, and > presentations. This helps prevent sensitive information from being printed, > forwarded, or copied by unauthorized people. After permission for a file > has been restricted using IRM, the access and usage restrictions > are enforced no matter where the information is. > > *Arguments about "Cloud"* > > - OpenOffice/LibreOffice does not provide any other deployment option > besides the desktop. > - Microsoft provides a seamless experience across the PC, phone, > and browser. > > *Future-looking arguments* > > - OpenOffice/LibreOffice may be limited in providing the next > generation of productivity, cloud computing, lacking the ecosystem of > enabling server and consumer collaboration technologies likeSharePoint and > SkyDrive. > - Choosing Microsoft Office will help ensure that you can take > advantage of the next generation of productivity software. > > > > Is it possible to add this to a wiki or something please. We can work on > it collaboratively :) > > Cheers, > > Immanuel > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
