On 10/05/2012 04:11 PM, Doug wrote: > On 10/05/2012 01:34 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: >> On 10/05/2012 12:37 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >>> Hi :) >>> Honestly, read "The Emperor’s New Clothes". >>> >>> Also there was a vote to determine the most influential and >>> important music of the 20th Century and "The Spice Girls" got in at >>> number 1. Does that really mean they really were the most >>> influential? Is there any validity in disagreeing with the results >>> of the vote? >>> >>> The assumption is that people using MS Office (or voted for the >>> ladies) had a properly informed choice. That they were aware of and >>> were knowledgeable about alternatives and that they made a fair, >>> unbiased logical and intelligent decision. Since the average IQ is >>> around 60 (or something utterly abysmal like that) i don't think >>> intelligent decision-making really entered the equation. >>> >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >>> >> More often the choice was spend more money on a Mac or which brand of >> Windows machine do you want. Add to the fact that very few of the sales >> floor staff are very knowledgeable so the less informed buyer is often >> steered into buying Windows. >> >> Also, in business "buying IBM" has often been replaced by "buying >> MS/Windows/Office" without any real analysis of needs, costs, etc. >>> >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Wolfgang Keller <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Friday, 5 October 2012, 17:12 >>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] MS problems >>>> >>>>> If MSO is a 90% market leader all its users cannot be complete >>>>> idiots. >>>> <cynism> >>>> >>>> Thank you for this statement that clearly illustrates the typical >>>> "pointy haired think" (i.e. un-think) of "leaders" (and their >>>> followers). >>>> >>>>> The very simple fact is: LibO has to become better in a SWOT >>>>> analysis! >>>> And what color should that SWOT analysis have? >>>> >>>> Would Mauve have enough RAM? >>>> >>>> </cynism> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> Wolfgang >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> > I recently replied to a thread about Microsoft Office on another list, > and I > am going to copy my post here, because the LO, OO, and Symphony people > ought to know: > > I am the editor of a small Newsletter (circulation ~1000) > and I am sent copy in .dos format that was made by MSWord on a Mac. > Most often, none of the programs I have on Linux will correctly open > the files. OO, LO, and Symphony all print the copy pushed off the the > right > and over the edge of the page margin. Nothing will salvage the file and > make it useful. WordPerfect (XP or Win7) will write them perfectly. > A similar situation exists for the supposedly universal .rtf files, > except > they are sometimes even worse to make readable than .doc files. I no > longer accept .rtf files at all. dos not doc format? Not to be picky. Can you email a typical file off list because I am curious what is happening. > > So, until LO and/or LO and/or Symphony--my first choice-- can *really* > read MS documents, I will have to use a Windows program. Which I > really don't mind, except that I have to move the files and boot > another OS. > > What you folks in the dev labs need to do is to stop adding "features" > and > make what you have *work.* > > --doug > >
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