On 03/10/2012 at 20:23, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I don't understand something here. Almost 20 years ago, I wrote > user manuals for equipment I designed, and had the software > engineer modify them as required for the user programming requirements. > (This was for burglar-alarm systems.) there was no problem > using the MS software that existed then--it would mark modifications > with red underlines or something similar. I'd just send the copy over > the network to my software person, and she would do whatever was > necessary, and send the copy back for me to check it and release it. > No special "collaboration" software, but we certainly collaborated. > What's the big deal?
Have you ever tried to do the same with larger group of recipients, say 6 people? I tried. Some time ago we were writing rather large research report. Each member of team (5 or 6 people) wrote his part, then we pasted it all together and did proofreading. Each member received a copy, marked his changes and sent it back to me. Merging these changes together on ≈170 pages document was the most painful experience I have ever had with any office suite. In such scenarios - and they are not uncommon in larger businesses - anything that eases collaboration of >2 people is a bless. I think that Microsoft Office has real advantage here. Team members are just using Word, without need of gaining any new skills/knowledge. But if it was up to me, I would teach team members to use private wiki or LaTeX + git. I trust these tools more than I trust Microsoft or Google. -- Best regards Mirosław Zalewski -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
