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. The possiblity exist for replacing the Windows/Office installs with Linux/StarOffice. The key is that all files have to be flawlessly and seamlessly intregrated with other offices which insist on MS format. All of the local office machines are on their own separate network. TIA Henry -- When I discovered Linux I also discovered that I didn't need Microsoft anymore. SuSE 8.0 Linux user # 95851
On Wednesday 28 August 2002 20:22, h g wrote:
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.
The possiblity exist for replacing the Windows/Office installs with Linux/StarOffice.
The key is that all files have to be flawlessly and seamlessly intregrated with other offices which insist on MS format.
All of the local office machines are on their own separate network.
TIA
Henry
No real experience, but I did buy my dad SO 6 to replace MS Office, and it had no trouble thus far...However, I have heard it may have issues with documents that contain macro's. Matt
Hi, There are a few things to make sure of: 1). That the fonts used by the Windows machines are available for the Linux machines. 2). That there are no-linked workbooks. 3). That the macros are not too complicated. 4). There are no-odbc connections to data sources. his should ensure a nice smooth changeover to Linux with no-major issues. Regards Q p.s. My team is running Linux desktops integrating fully with the rest of the Windows network (running Outlook, Exchange, Windows 2000, Office, etc.). On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 05:22, h g wrote:
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.
The possiblity exist for replacing the Windows/Office installs with Linux/StarOffice.
The key is that all files have to be flawlessly and seamlessly intregrated with other offices which insist on MS format.
All of the local office machines are on their own separate network.
TIA
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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
There have been some good posts and I'll not reiterate. You might want to obtain OpenOffice for Windows. You can then have the users check out Open Office. I am aware of some anomalies with OpenOffice that do not occur with StarOffice 6.0. (And Open Office/Linux vs. Open Office (Windows), but those should be resolved shortly. By Migrating to either Open Office and/or Star Office 6.0 on Windows you can then more easily migrate to Linux. On 28 Aug 2002 at 22:22, h g wrote:
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.
The possiblity exist for replacing the Windows/Office installs with Linux/StarOffice.
The key is that all files have to be flawlessly and seamlessly intregrated with other offices which insist on MS format.
All of the local office machines are on their own separate network.
-- Jerry Feldman Enterprise Systems Group Hewlett-Packard Company 200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1 Marlboro, Ma. 01752 508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/
On Thursday 29 August 2002 12:09, Jerry Feldman wrote:
There have been some good posts and I'll not reiterate. You might want to obtain OpenOffice for Windows. You can then have the users check out Open Office. I am aware of some anomalies with OpenOffice that do not occur with StarOffice 6.0. (And Open Office/Linux vs. Open Office (Windows), but those should be resolved shortly. By Migrating to either Open Office and/or Star Office 6.0 on Windows you can then more easily migrate to Linux.
This is a very good idea and is what I am doing with some staff in my office at the moment. I have them using OOo and Mozilla. So far they are quite happy with it. I also have several of the more adventurous people running dual boot machines and encourage them to spend time 'playing around' in Linux. I think the trick is to migrate slowly. Don't try and do it like flicking a switch. Give the users time to encounter problems one at a time so that you can iron them out for them. The microsoft compatibility problem might turn out to be one of your minor headaches. Jethro
My experience with replacing MSOffice with OOo is that everything works well until you get to macros / complex documents. The complex document issue also applies in Windows (try taking big word documents with complex layouts for a round trip between different versions of office and language versions and you will have an electronic version of Chinese whispers). However once you get past the average user you start hitting problems with OOo．Even if you do know OOo's scripting language you do not have the power of MSOffice available to you. A simple example is that in OpenCalc you can't create pull down boxes with pick lists. I used to be a MS Office power user and 18 months ago I switched to SO5.2 recently with the aid of crossover office I've started mixing using OOo and MSOffice and I am so much happier having the power of MSOffice back. Jethro
flawlessly ^^^^^^ When a newer version of Microtrash Office comes out, ask Microcrap that the newer version should read the older documents flawlessly. flawlessly cannot be guaranteed even by a newer version of the same software depending on what your definitions of flawless is. I haven't given Star Office a try, but from what I have heard is worth a try. Salman
The key is that all files have to be flawlessly and seamlessly intregrated with other offices which insist on MS format.
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