You need to show these power users that OOo can handle their advanced and complex spreadsheetand presentation needs as well as MS Office. This is easier said than done, but planning is key.
Don't go for 100% migration to OOo. There'll be users that are better left in MS Office. --- mike t. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lawrence A. Guirre <[email protected]> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 7:54:27 > Subject: Re: [plug] Windows to Linux migration > > Reason I'm asking is because we're studying the move to FOSS > over deciding to upgrade to Windows7 or stick with XP. But it's > not really the OS that's the problem for us but the apps, specially > office. We'd surely get major resistance from PPT power users and > excel macro-gurus who've developed some of the business processes. > We've tried OO on a select group of testers but I don't think the > outcome of that was any good. Though it must have been because of > lack of planning and careful study above anything else. > > We'd be attacking this problem again, though this time we hope > to be better armed to face the problems. > > > > On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 22:51 +0800, jan gestre wrote: > > Hmmm, if I have time, I'll write a blog about it. > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Calen Martin D. Legaspi > > wrote: > > This sounds like a good success story. Do you have a white > > paper or blog post on this? > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:34 PM, jan gestre > > wrote: > > We have one client wherein we migrated all > > workstations to Ubuntu except for a few that needs to > > run MS based apps, at first we've encountered lots of > > resistance especially from users towards the > > implementation team but since the order/policy came > > from the company president there's nothing they can do > > but to comply. We've also conducted desktop user > > trainings to ease the pain of transition. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Lawrence A. Guirre > > wrote: > > Good day guys! > > > > I was wondering if anyone here have some > > stories(success or otherwise) > > from local companies that have migrated their > > workstations from a > > previously M$ dominated environment to a FOSS > > one, with special mention > > of Office apps specifically Excel with their > > macros and VB scripting. > > I've read some stories about some EU companies > > and government that have > > move to FOSS, but I'd prefer to hear from > > local experience > > > > I'd like to know your inputs, opinions and > > experiences on this. > > > > I for one have been in companies that have had > > pure FOSS desktops with > > no real problems. But what about those that > > came from M$ that would be > > migrating to FOSS? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > Lawrence > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing > > List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: > > http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://jangestre.blogpsot.com > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Calen > > > > "Work is love made visible." -- Kahlil Gibran > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > -- > > http://jangestre.blogpsot.com > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
