I also think that the impending release of MS Office 2007 may well be the start of the watershed - from what I've seen and heard, the jump from Office 2003 to 2007 is fairly major, and given that a great many companies and organizations didn't even upgrade to Office 2003 from Office 2002 purely on the basis that the perceived increase in "functionality" wasn't worth the extra costs involved, may mean that the jump for a lot of organisations from 2002 to 2007 will be a HUGE problem, particularly when support for Office 2002 ceases..... Maybe OO will get quite a shot in the arm from this.....
-----Original Message----- From: Alain Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 March 2006 02:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [users] Microsoft says Open Office.org 10 years behind On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 02:07:32PM -0000, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > So: yes - people do need training in OO to bring them from M$ Office. > > As a "middle-aged" computer user (and an Advanced Excel User) I would say > the training needed to use OO from MS Office is about the same as that > needed to go from MS Office 2000 to MS Office 2002 - ie not a lot. > My 20 year-old son didn't even notice that he was using Calc instead of > Excel........ My kids have been using OO (& MS Office @ school & their mum's) since age 12, young people are NOT the issue - they are generally flexible and happy to play with technology. You are not the sort of person that I am talking about - by dint of being subscribed to this list to start with - Some people are upset by minor changes that you or I would hardly notice -- these are the problem people. However: you do make the valid point that retraining from MSO 2000 to MSO 2002 is also needed for some people. -- Alain Williams Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ #include <std_disclaimer.h> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
