[TriLUG] Volunteers for N&O article

[Roberto J. Dohnert]

Funny you should mention OpenOffice on Windows, most recently I have had a
number of my customers come to me for alternative choices.  While some of
them are looking at a Linux plan, they have also started using OpenOffice
and other OpenSource software on Windows.  It has been very successful and
now that is one thing that we are pushing.  Instead of going to MS and
paying bundles of money for Licenses, I can burn a copy of Openoffice and
WinGIMP and install it on any computer I wish.  Now if only Evolution
would be ported natively to Windows.

> On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 10:20, stan briggs wrote:
>> all,
>>
>> i just recently joined this list so i may have missed the thread but
>> have many TriLUGers done this and had real success? by 'real' success
>> i mean not having 'too many' compromises when exchanging files and
>> documents and getting 'most' of the equivalent applications.
>>
>> i'm interested in both the staroffice and in the win4lin style
>> solutions. a particular quirk in my interest is that i am a pocketpc
>> user and do like having my data synchronized with the outlook client
>> that i use.
>>
>> thanks,
>> stan
>>
>> Stan B. Briggs
>> www.StanBriggs.com
>>
>
> I've been running my consulting business off of nothing but Linux for a
> few years now.  I exchange Office documents (word, excel, powerpoint)
> with clients all the time and have rarely had any problems.
>
> I've also switched some companies over to Open Source. There are bumps
> along the way, but no stop signs.  Surprisingly, the folks who have the
> easiest transition to Open Source are the ones who are the least
> computer literate.
>
> I use Open Office and generally setup my clients with Open Office as
> well. I'm also using evolution as my "email" client - though evolution
> does far more than just email.
>
> Open Office runs fine on Windows, so if you have some HD to burn, try
> loading it up and giving it a side-by-side test run.
>
> Take care - Jon Carnes
>
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