[THIN] Re: OT: OpenOffice 2/3
- From: "Greg Reese" <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:37:38 -0500
sorry to reply to my own post. IBM is calling it Symphony.
http://symphony.lotus.com/
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I ran NeoOffice at home for about a year or so on a Mac. NeoOffice is a
> port of OpenOffice for the Mac. It was ok. I never found myself at a loss
> wishing i had MS Office. it had a neat little predictive text feature that
> i liked and wished Microsoft had. I never had any issues sharing documents
> with MS Office when sending or receiving documents. I eventually ditched it
> for iWork for no better reason than I could and I wanted to try it out.
>
> IBM has also branded Open Office under the IBM logo. Same product but the
> perception is an easier sell when it's IBM. Some people still think of open
> source as unclean and the realm of hackers and hippies.
>
> I also agree with the path your taking. I think MS Office has become to
> big, too bloated, and too expensive for most users. Sure, there are power
> users out there that will need MS Office. But the front line users who are
> just typing the occasional memo, letter, or something basic, things like
> Open Office, and Google Apps are powerful enough. Server apps like Zimbra
> are even worthy alternatives to Exchange. I think exchange is better, but
> for the money, Zimbra gets it done well enough for most people.
>
> Greg
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone spent any up close and personal time with OpenOffice 2 or 3
>> (now at RC1). I need to seriously look at the product as an alternative
>> for basic business users. It has the potential to save up to $10,000 in
>> licensing costs.
>>
>> My basic business user runs e-mail and web based applications, and a lot
>> of PDF viewing. Some of them may not even open up any office app aside
>> from Outlook more then once or twice in a week. If they open
>> Word/Excel/PowerPoint, it's usually to view and print, or generate an
>> extremely low end document in terms of complexity.
>>
>> I have Outlook 2003 licensing through my SBS 2003 R2 Premium licensing,
>> and all the desktop licensing is purchased OEM with that equipment, so
>> the core needs of the basic business user are covered. I need to
>> evaluate, and get real-world feedback on cross-compatibility of Office
>> 2003 docs with OpenOffice 2, and Office 2007 docs with OpenOffice 3.
>> Focus is on Word and Excel with this compatibility
>>
>> Power users will still have MS Office suite. I may setup a dedicated
>> workstation or VM for the basic business users to have access to MS
>> Office suite, should a compatibility issue arises. However, I don't
>> want that to be a daily occurance, that needs to be a once a month type
>> thing.
>>
>>
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