Hi, :)) it's not too bad anyway. To end up with this thread, I just want to say that my suggestions come from my experience with customers. The sad thing is that they are not always logic...
Best, Charles. > Hi Charles, > > I hope you don't mid that I mail you *off-list*. Since the subject is a > little controversial, I'd rather ask my things in this way. > > To have a look in the mirror, try to understand others point of view, I > would like to put it as follows, so that you can (if you will like to) > explain. > > a - Organizations hate to switch, also theire office-application. > b - When they switch, they expect savings (less licence-costs). > c - So when the (sometimes) big horde of macro's is taken (and the > interaction between orther apps, i.e. CRM's etc.) they will be glad when > exchanging their docs with others, isn't a (big) problem. > d - Thus the question is: does a good ODF plugin serve this goal? > > Would you prefer, I'll put this on-list, so that you can react there. > > Greetings, > Cor > > > Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I agree with Jacqueline here. While I believe that the theory according > > to which ODF, if implemented inside MS Office, would help the adoption > > of OOo, is tempting, it is jut not what I hear from customers, members > > of the administrations, and CIOs of the private sector. To them it would > > be, in contrary, their best excuse for *not going OOo*, actually. > > Remember, people hate to change. CIOs do even more :) . Office suites > > are a crucial part of the infrastructure they have to deal with and at > > the same time, it's a commodity. You can tell them whatever you want and > > show them the fanciest technology, at the end of the day their job is to > > keep the IT working, if not the entire corporate processes running from > > the production facilities to the accounting dept. > > > > So I think it should be clear that, despite the respect we have of the > > OD fellowship's work, the interests of the two, OOo and the fellowship > > converge on many points but do not match exactly. > > > > I don't see how this statement could be hostile toward one or another, > > by the way. But it may be good and useful to draw lines, sometimes. > > > > Besides, I don't think that allowing MS to have access to ODF is a good > > thing. Let's isolate them increasingly rather than give them the stick > > they'll use to beat us down and the whole community. > > > > Me, I'd rather have no ODF plugin for MS Office, unless it's an absolute > > customer's requirement. As I said, customers hate to change, and the > > more they stick with MS Office the happier they will be. When you prove > > them that OOo is as feature rich than MS Office, they'll tell you that > > macros can't be implemented in a similar way. When macros don't matter > > after all, they'll tell you about the format. And so at that point, I'd > > rather go on showing them what is possible and what brings them value > > with OOo and ODF. But an ODF plugin, whatever the technological interest > > it might create, is not wishable, for OOo, for SO, for KOffice, for > > Workplace and for FOSS in general. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Charles. > > > >> > >> It is not so much inside and outside, but the fact that we are here to > >> promote and encourage the use of OpenOffice.org, which I would think is > >> just one of tools in the OpenDocument Fellowship toolbox. Another is > >> http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20060505081533186 > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > Cor Nouws > www.bsooo.nl - www.nouenoff.nl > Free your files > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Accédez au courrier électronique de La Poste : www.laposte.net ; 3615 LAPOSTENET (0,34 /mn) ; tél : 08 92 68 13 50 (0,34/mn) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
