Per wrote: > /Keith Curtis, an 11-year veteran of Microsoft
Microsofters appear to be all bullshitters and charlatans (1) and look thoroughly unqualified to speak on any ICT topic. Find anything they've done and chances are you'll find it was developed 10-20 years earlier and in use in business for at least half that. The only thing worth reading from a Microsofter might be a length apology accompanying remuneration for damages to $NAME_OF_COUNTRY. We don't have to pretend any more that these people either know what they are doing (techology-wise) or are out to help anyone. Addressing your question, Per, why should folks change to OOo? You have a good point. And on the topic of Project Renaissance, "the ribbon" is one reason to change to OOo. The current incarnation of OOo requires negligible training for new users coming from other suites. Whereas the "the ribbon" is a royal PITA and reduces productivity even after one acclimates: http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2006/02/microsoft_offic.html Remember, individuals acclimate to anything. In contrast, businesses and institutions collapse when dipping below a minimal productivity. A decrease in productivity can tip border cases into bankruptcy. -Lars (1) "They bought DOS, they bought Windows -they stole Windows, excuse me; they bought PowerPoint, they bought Word, Excel, they bought WebTV, they bought their browser technology, they bought Hotmail, they bought a billion dollars of Comcast: they bought, they bought, they bought. What have they innovated? Goose egg. Now just let’s make this innovative company innovative for the next five years without buying anything. That would be the simplest remedy." -- Scott McNealy, CEO Sun MicroSystems http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/03/21/interview_with_scott_mcnealy/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
