On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:57:46 +0530 Anand Khandewale wrote: > If the macros in openoffice are different than those in MS office and > there are alreary applications developed for use in MS office, > openoffice can not replace MS office. Normal user is not a programmer, > who can write macros on his/ her own. So, till the time OO replaces MS > office and macros are written for OO, a common user like myself would > like to stay away from OO. Is that good enough for OO developers? >
You have made a point that i agree with. OpenOffice.org cannot replace Microsoft Office. Why do i agree? Because if OpenOffice.org ever hopes to be better it must be different, otherwise it is only ever an also-ran product trying to mimic the real thing. It _has_ to be different to be better - period. As for macros, somebody had the nous to write them in the first place. Normal user does not want a VBA macro exactly, he want's something to do task X. He does not care if the backend is VBA or Star Basic. And many macros _are_ written for OO.o. If you have a given macro you wish replaced, someone on this list could point you to a business that does just that. You could probably get six macros done for the cost of License savings alone in a small business. Consequently i do not concur with your conclusion that normal users will not use OpenOffice.org. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
