At 17:43 06/07/2007 -0700, Gary Noop wrote:
I see *no* reason to send anyone off to a MS trial software site, do you?
Yes: I do. I didn't leave my brain at the door when I joined this list, and I am not thereby limited to extolling the virtues of OpenOffice. There are circumstances in which I would explain the availability of Microsoft Office in a trial version to people, especially if that is what they asked for. Users can and will anyway make their own decisions about how they proceed, whether I think their course of action sensible or not.
I suppose that we could answer PDF questions by sending folks off to Adobe's Acrobat trial link, ...
There is no reason why we should not do that. But other advice could be better.
After all, this is an *OOo* users list, why should anyone here take the time to refer an OP to a MS *trial software* link?
If OpenOffice were a commercial product and if I was employed by its suppliers, I should properly be limited to supporting it at the expense of everything else. But neither is the case. There is no requirement to be a political advocate of OpenOffice or even of free software or open source software to join this list - just, I suppose, to be a user of OpenOffice. If referring a user or prospective user to a Microsoft product is sensible, we should do it - or at least be able to. Anyone who gives less partial advice is more likely to be trusted.
Oh, but your implied suggestion that users of the trial version of Microsoft Office 2007 should be warned not to let their trial run out and leave them with a pile of (in the circumstances) useless .docx and .xlsx files and so on is a very valid one.
Just my view ... Brian Barker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
