David C. Rankin wrote:
You would think there is some default set of documents that would at least get printed before each release to make sure they print the same as they did in the last release. The complete lack of print/format testing of the office suites is just one example of what makes it impossible for business to rely on opensource for desktop use.
I beg to differ - it might make it impossible for business to use one particular release, but that just means remaining on the previous one for a while longer. I switched my business 100% to e.g. openoffice about seven years ago, I have not had reason to regret it.
The other is the realization that it can take the office suite devs over a year to address and fix these issues.
Yeah ... but still better than the alternative.
As it sits now, the cost to business organizations of one of these type mess-ups is massive. Even at a bare minimum, if each business lost no more than 2 hours trying to figure out why in the heck they can't get the documents or labels to print right anymore plus the time required to troubleshoot to the point of discovering that there is a default spacing difference between OO and Libre, the cost across all businesses using opensource is staggering.
As is the cost of a 5minute coffee-break :-) -- Per Jessen, Zürich (11.5°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org