On 11/26/2008 03:56 PM, Jerry Fleetwood wrote: > I'd love to use open office, but, sadly, it seems open office has no > plans to make a product that works in place of outlook. By "in place > of" I mean one that works on Microsoft exchange just exactly like > outlook does. So that I can install it on my work pc and run it and it > finds all my e-mails and folders and everything contained on the > exchange server, automatically incorporates the settings needed based on > my domain login. > > > > I know, I know. There are a lot of programmers and expert users out > there who think outlook is a total piece of crap and no one in the right > mind should ever use it. In my opinion this is ignoring the reality of > the situation. Every company I've ever worked for since 1998 uses > outlook.
And you will find that until recently, Outlook was not included in the standard MS Office package, but only in the more expensive 'MS Office Professional' package. I've not checked recently, but I suspect that this is still the case. People want an Office replacement, not a work around. I don't > see the value of using open office if I can't have all the pieces of the > office suite work together INCLUDING the e-mail client. Then vote with your $$ and *buy* a package that suits your needs. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
