Orn wrote:
How do you think that's going to help Linux, or the user?
The user loads Linux, then some free software to share his/her MS software
files and discovers the Excel files don't display correctly in OpenOffice.
They discover that the Linux office software won't load their MS Word files.
And what is the conclusion the user gets? That linux and it's software are
all buggy, and crap. Microsoft is actively stopping other software from
being able to continually share their files, we all know that. So any
software on Linux, is never going to be able to share MS files or use them
the same way they were intended on a MS platform. That's just a plain fact.
So, trying to "lure" a user away from the "buggysoft" of M$ software, over
to
Linux where they'll see everything fail isn't helping anyone. And certainly
not helping Linux or companies making their buisness on Linux.
Orn,
I agree. I also remember a similar argument that raged a few years ago
called pc-mac. OO isn't perfect, but it is getting better. It will continue
to improve and the hiccups with table formatting lost in conversion will
slowly fade.
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