Dear Greg:
I seem to have caught up with this one a bit late.
It seems to me that I have heard that both Souyth Africa and France 's
government have adopted Oo, and I think there were other national
governments that have also, not to mention various corporations. Added
to that, do your coleagues know that the Open Source file formats are
ISO approved? I have not heard of MS's formats getting such approval,
but that would bear added research to verify.
This overdone system you mention - is it a relational database app? do
you need to bring outside data into an Oo Base database? Does that need
to be password protected?
If I went into what can be done with OoBase here, this would be an
absurdly long post, but email me if any of this is of interest.
Is there a need for multilingual support?
In regard to graphics, I have used Oo to do a number of Toastmaster
speech presentations, and much more.
I have also created custom colours, gradients and the odd Hatch that
load into the selection by default. Oo Draw also has an add-on for doing
2D Cad, and supports some degree of 3D, although the math is not as
precise as Autocad, Catia or solid works would be (but neither does it
carry the huge pricetag).
In Electronics, it could be used for service schematics, but would not
be the best capture for later use in conjunction with Gerber files,
simulation testing etc. as the vectorial language is not designed to
carry electronic component electrical behaviour information.
You may also want to look at some of my other posts for Oo business apps
I have created to give the team some more ideas to get excited about!
Best Regards
Bruce Martin
Quebec, Canada
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On 20/07/2010 6:17 PM, RA Brown wrote:
Gregory Forster wrote:
OOo's web site has been changed, so I can't find the information
I need. I need help! This Saturday, a computerized system will be
voted on. On the table is a very expensive, overly elaborate
database that does much more than required, akin to a little old lady
putting a Ferrari drive train into a Geo Metro to go to the grocery
store. I have a few sold on the Open Office alternative. However, I
need more. I need examples of government entities, corporations,
educational entities that have actually switched to Open Office. I
want to be loaded with uncompromising ammunition of facts to promote
Open Office. HELP!!
Greg
Hi Greg,
If you have not already found it, http://marketing.openoffice.org/ is
a good starting point. Also check the mailing list archives from the
page.
Good luck.
