On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Ian C wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> saw this today
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233890/German_city_dumps_OpenOffice_switches_to_Microsoft?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2012-11-20
>
> Maybe an upgrade from 3.2 would help them?
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Ian C
>
And you can
On 21/11/2012 Rob Weir wrote:
Google shows 337 stories for the Freiburg story. But did you see a
mention of the Leipzig story? I saw a few, but even though it was the
larger migration, I saw only brief mentions.
If we can manage to invite the Leipzig administrators to be interviewed,
or writ
etails about versions, this is about having a heterogeneous environment,
> > something that most IT departments try to avoid at all cost, and AOO just
> > happened to be the excuse for making the structure slimmer. In my
> opinion a
> > response telling that a newer version is better, w
ppened to be the excuse for making the structure slimmer. In my opinion a
> response telling that a newer version is better, would actually catch bad
> press, whereas a response (if possible with some equal success stories)
> showing why it is not a problem to have AOO and MS-OFFICE side by
response telling that a newer version is better, would actually catch bad
press, whereas a response (if possible with some equal success stories)
showing why it is not a problem to have AOO and MS-OFFICE side by side,
would catch a positive interest.
We need the thumbs up from the IT department, and
On 21/11/2012 Rob Weir wrote:
Freiburg putting the blame for the challenges of managing
heterogeneous IT systems solely on an old version of OpenOffice.org is
wrong and unfair, IMHO. But it is common.
Indeed this is quite common. But, if in this case we have reasons to
believe that better pra
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Andrew Rist wrote:
> Here's the response from LO referenced in the story:
> http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2012/11/16/open-letter-to-the-city-of-freiburg/
>
Thanks for this, Andrew. Sad and shortsighted to say the least.
The comments on this same page were en
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Dave Fisher wrote:
>
> On Nov 21, 2012, at 6:16 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Ian C wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> saw this today
>>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233890/German_city_dumps_OpenOffice_switches_to_Microsoft?source
On Nov 21, 2012, at 6:16 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Ian C wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> saw this today
>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233890/German_city_dumps_OpenOffice_switches_to_Microsoft?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2012-11-20
>>
>> Maybe an upgrade from 3.2 wou
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Ian C wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> saw this today
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233890/German_city_dumps_OpenOffice_switches_to_Microsoft?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2012-11-20
>
> Maybe an upgrade from 3.2 would help them?
>
It is bizarre. They ran their desktops
Here's the response from LO referenced in the story:
http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2012/11/16/open-letter-to-the-city-of-freiburg/
On 11/20/2012 5:16 PM, Ian C wrote:
Hi All,
saw this today
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233890/German_city_dumps_OpenOffice_switches_to_Microsoft?s
Hi All,
saw this today
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233890/German_city_dumps_OpenOffice_switches_to_Microsoft?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2012-11-20
Maybe an upgrade from 3.2 would help them?
--
Cheers,
Ian C
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