Yay! By challenging the preconception that Microsoft can only write crap software I'm now famous! :)
Onyeibo Oku-2 wrote: > > Change, as constant as it is doesn't come easy for the majority. Habits > are hard to break even when proven wrong. Microsoft is both a majority > and a habit and it takes the daring and strong to be free. Linux and > open-source is not a place for lazy people. Change starts when enough > people question status-quo. There has to be a point for fighting against the status quo. Unless the advantages outweight pushing against the inertia that Microsoft has, you're going to have a lot of difficulting convincing the non-geeks of the world that you have a better product. I now use LibreOffice mostly because I don't want to buy Office and yet don't want to pirate it and that I'd like to future-proof myself such that if I find Linux gets better on the desktop, I'll be able to convert to Linux and retain my knowledge of LO and its formats. Onyeibo Oku-2 wrote: > > That's a good one. Guess what people want? The want to get on with their > lives and really done care how the catalysts get created. So, it follows > that if they're already doing that with Option-A, they wont see reasons > to try Option-B even when Option-B may be more suitable for them. I > speak based on observations from my environs. People here use M$-Office > not because they know about exchange or cool features like automation. > They do so because they first knew M$-Office You hit the nail on the head! People want to get on with their lives. They aren't interested in trialing some unknown element such as LibreOffice (unknown in the sense it doesn't have the years of widespread, proven use that Office has), plus they aren't interested in dealing with the (rate) compatibility issues which can sometimes arise from using MS Office formats in LibreOffice. Not everyone wants to have to deal with battles that are simply easier to bypass by throwing money Microsoft's way. Given the priorities most people have in their lives, I can't entirely blame them. Onyeibo Oku-2 wrote: > 90% of these people cant understand serious formula syntaxes for Excel > or Calc. They are happy with Summations only or a few more basic stuff. > Guess what? I'm discussing business here not individuals. You and I > know that Calc will conveniently replace their pirated bloat-ware > (bloat-ware because they use less than half the features packed into it > ... and worse, its a hacked product). These are the people who need > Calc and open-source products the most. They cant afford bloat-ware but > for some weird reason they just want the label -- "Hey, I know/use > M$-Office too" -- Its crazy Time is money. People use what they know. MS Office has its quirks but at least it's a KNOWN ELEMENT. LibreOffice, unfortunately, is not. Also, it's been said that people only use a tenth of the functionality in Office. That might be true, however everyone is different, and that tenth of functionality can differ from person to person. Having that rare option in Office might pay off for the one time a person finds a use for it, whereas if it's not in LibreOffice they might have to make do with a more mediocre outcome. Onyeibo Oku-2 wrote: > Like you said, Microsoft knows how to take advantage of their customer's > inclinations (its about the money eventually). These people are lazy so > 'ease' matters. Implementation may not be so good underneath but who > cares ... they don't even see it. So they 'dope' the less enlightened > majority with 'ease' while they tidy up on the hidden mess gradually. > It works because changing the majority's collective choice later will be > harder when the habit is formed. Of course! Why wouldn't you want something to be easy? Why wouldn't you want to be lazy? It's human nature, and frankly most people hate computers and so want to take the easy way out. It's why technology progresses yes? To make life easier for ourselves? Who wants to do things the hard way? It's not always a bad thing you know. People can choose to clean their car themselves, or can spend some cash and get an automated carwash to do it for them. Sure, the carwash won't do as good a job as doing it yourself, but it's quick, painless and does a good ENOUGH job. Personally I wash my own car, but only because I enjoy the physical work (I sit on my ass far too often anyway, so it's good for me). I can't blame people from spending money to find a solution that's easier for them. 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