-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-07-21 23:44, Billie Walsh wrote:
On 07/21/2015 04:33 PM, James Knott wrote:
On 07/21/2015 12:43 PM, Billie Walsh wrote:
Without Windows the Office Suite wouldn't. Well, they always have the Linux version to fall back on. ;-)
Why would someone use Microsoft Office when they have Libre Office, Open Office or Koffice. I wouldn't.
Me neither, but apparently it has its uses, that LO doesn't fulfil. There is some functionality in excel that we don't have, for instance. Don't ask me what, I don't have excel. Then, MS O has a very powerful (and critizised) database module. Yes, LO has one, too, but this one I know that is not as functional. Then you have the question of training. Me, I learned how to use Office without "training", on my own, by banging my head. Later, I did the same with LO (which was easier). But most office workers, if they have been trained in one, will refuse to use the other even if very similar, on the grounds of not being trained in it. Don't trivialize training: I have seen several attempts at implementing Linux on some environments that failed very soon because of this. The management installed Linux, then the users formatted the disks and installed pirated copies of Windows; and the local management did not stop this, because they did the same on their computers. Lost battle. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlWuwc8ACgkQja8UbcUWM1xrwgD/Zc13jYn8DRtQfj0krYWtXC/e nL+D272bA8jqFxUO0aAA/RNxMscht5PyLBJUuKWT+I4LhbWo5Udo6E4ihwCEtaqt =AbHe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org