2012/6/2 Gavin McDonald <[email protected]> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Graham Wright [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, 2 June 2012 2:01 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: The reason I removed the program called Open Office 3.4 > > > > > > > > > > I often wonder why somebody that has Microsoft Office would have the > > need to install Open Office anyway! > > Isn't Open Office mainly for those people who cannot afford, or who are > > unwilling to pay for Microsoft Office? > > Perhaps to evaluate it , compare etc, so that next time renewal/upgrade of > MS > Office comes long, they might decide the free OOo is good enough instead. > One can't decide which is best without trying. > > Also, on this 'dev' list, you will find many (such as me) with both for > testing purposes. > (This apparent error obviously slipped the net) > > Gav... > > Hi.
That's not the case for this issue, but many governments (Brasil is the best example I can giveyou) are choosing ODF as the standard format for documents. Ms Windows 2007 and below aren 't able to open ODF files. That's one reason why many people have another office suite installed in their computers. Regards -- Paulo de Souza Lima http://almalivre.wordpress.com Curitiba - PR Linux User #432358 Ubuntu User #28729
