Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-24 Thread planas
On Sun, 2011-04-24 at 17:57 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: > On 04/24/2011 02:21 PM, Twayne wrote: > > The OP here sounds like no more than sour grapes to me based on his mostly > > wanting a free copy of MSO. LiberOffice is new and is NOT meant to simply > > replace MS Off

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-24 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 04/24/2011 02:21 PM, Twayne wrote: The OP here sounds like no more than sour grapes to me based on his mostly wanting a free copy of MSO. LiberOffice is new and is NOT meant to simply replace MS Office. I call LibreOffice an alternative to MSO, not a direct replacement. Just like laptops are

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-24 Thread Twayne
The OP here sounds like no more than sour grapes to me based on his mostly wanting a free copy of MSO. LiberOffice is new and is NOT meant to simply replace MS Office. There also seems to be a lot of pressure albeit indirect, to dispense with OO and LO meaning a myopic view of the world of offic

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-23 Thread toki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23/04/2011 07:30, e-letter wrote: > to use LO but finds that there is (minor?) loss of formatting (e.g. a > table width greater than the body text margin), then writes to LO > mailing list to complain that LO writer is not good enough for their I'

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-23 Thread e-letter
>> A business that receives profits from customers that demand to use M$ >software should simply pay the licences to meet their customers' >demands and consider it a cost of doing business. > >I can't tell which of the following statements you mean: >* If a company is Microsoft only, it should pay

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:51:05PM +0100, e-letter wrote: > The continual request to make LO more compatible with M$ office is a > strategic mistake. > > A business that cannot afford M$ software licences for the benefit of > that business' customers does not deserve to be in existence. That let'

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread toki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/04/2011 12:35, e-letter wrote: > The point is, the business user receives a document in m$ word, is not prepared to pay for m$ office You are assuming that microsoft offers a product for the platform used by the business. That is no longer a s

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread toki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/04/2011 11:51, e-letter wrote: > A business that receives profits from customers that demand to use M$ software should simply pay the licences to meet their customers' demands and consider it a cost of doing business. I can't tell which of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread toki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 20/04/2011 18:10, t...@iafrica.com wrote: > Someone please show me LibO can communicate with all basic MS packages i.e > Word, Excel and PP. LibO is as compatible with MSO file formats are as MSO is compatible with MSO. Furthermore,depending upo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread Ben McGinnes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 21/04/11 11:06 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: > > That is the real issue. If all users dump the formats MSO created > for 2007, and beyond, saving their documents in .doc, .xlt, etc., > then their would be no issue with compa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread planas
Hello On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 13:35 +0100, e-letter wrote: > The point is, the business user receives a document in m$ word, is not > prepared to pay for m$ office and so _chooses_ to use LO, then > complains that LO is "incompatible" (never that m$o is incompatible > with LO! Or ODF!). > > When

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 04/21/2011 08:35 AM, e-letter wrote: The point is, the business user receives a document in m$ word, is not prepared to pay for m$ office and so _chooses_ to use LO, then complains that LO is "incompatible" (never that m$o is incompatible with LO! Or ODF!). The only issue I see is with MSO'

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread Tom Davies
To: users Sent: Thu, 21 April, 2011 13:35:41 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office The point is, the business user receives a document in m$ word, is not prepared to pay for m$ office and so _chooses_ to use LO, then complains that LO is "incompatible" (never that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread e-letter
The point is, the business user receives a document in m$ word, is not prepared to pay for m$ office and so _chooses_ to use LO, then complains that LO is "incompatible" (never that m$o is incompatible with LO! Or ODF!). When a business user (who hopefully has made a donation to the FOSS community

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread Tom Davies
bject: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office The continual request to make LO more compatible with M$ office is a strategic mistake. A business that cannot afford M$ software licences for the benefit of that business' customers does not deserve to be in existence. A business that receiv

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-21 Thread e-letter
The continual request to make LO more compatible with M$ office is a strategic mistake. A business that cannot afford M$ software licences for the benefit of that business' customers does not deserve to be in existence. A business that receives profits from customers that demand to use M$ software

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

2011-04-20 Thread timi
Hi Glenn, No I had no idea about MS Office future potential for liquidation It scares me even more!... This is LibO's chance to blow MS away BUT ONLY IF IT's COMPATIBLE.. Someone plse show me LibO can communicate with all basic MS packages i.e Word, Excel and PP. Then combined w