Has anyone had any experience with a similar scenario?
An small government office with 15 machines all using MS Office. All files in and out are MS Office format.
A lot of my customers insist on this, but I have never had a copy. I used to use Lotus Smartsuite on WIndows, but that has not kept up with the latest versions on Office.
The possiblity exist for replacing the Windows/Office installs with Linux/StarOffice.
That is what I am using now with little trouble.
The key is that all files have to be flawlessly and seamlessly intregrated with other offices which insist on MS format.
Most of the problems seem to come from people trying to be cleaver with the automated stuff, but in most cases those documents do not work on other MS sites either. Some of my customers are still on Office97, so I am more compatible and often have to 'reformat' from Office2000 because they can't do it themselves <g>.
All of the local office machines are on their own separate network.
I still have windows on the network, but a windows free network would be the ideal. -- Lester Caine ----------------------------- L.S.Caine Electronic Services