On 05/30/2007 01:31 AM, LES COLEMAN wrote: > Hi Dan, Thanks for replying. Please forgive my naiveity. I'm not an > I.T. person. I've been asked (told) to conduct a study into valid > alternatives to the Microsoft Office. > One idea that came up in the boardroom conversation was to create a VPN, load the Microsoft replacement (OpenOffice) on the host server, thus requiring a single version of the software, and then access via web-browsers (IE or Firefox) using either public or private lines. Nothing would actually be installed at the workstation end. > Are you aware of OpenOffice being used in this way? Regards, Les.
That makes no sense in that OOo is free. Just have each user install their own local version on OOo on their desktop. You can of course VPN or VNC into their machines to help them configure it (or hire someone who can :-) if necessary. But I imagine that the question from the boardroom is $$ related, so just tell them that OOo is free and can be installed on each machine without restriction in accordance with the OOo license: http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html > > Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday May 29 2007 6:06 am, LES COLEMAN wrote: >> Help me please. >> >> Can I put Openoffice on a Server and have my users access it via >> a browser (both Firefox and IE) and have multiusers access it (thus >> avoiding the need to install the Openoffice software on dozens of >> different machines) >> >> Does that make sense? >> >> Les Coleman. > > I am not sure whether it makes sense or not. There are > instructions in the Setup Guide on how to install OOo on a local area > network (LAN). Is this what you are talking about? The part of the > program that normally is in the applications folder is installed on > the server. The workstation part which is normally in the home folder > is installed in the home folder for each computer. > > Dan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
