[svlug] StarOffice 5

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Matt Williams as cited by Yani Copas (yani at etoys.com):

> anyone else been successful at making a complete switch for MS to
> Linux???Now I am not talking about hobbyists, but those who actually
> needed MS for their job, and found a way around it....

There are, of course, places of business that require employees to 
read and write the Microsoft file formats du jour on their work 
machines.  Most of these actually mandate the use of Microsoft OSes and
applications.  I have the fortune to not work for one, considering 
it a corporate non-survival trait.

However, the above seems to imply that anyone who doesn't need 
Microsoft software for his job is just a [computer] hobbyist.  Not 
correct:  It is eminently, supremely practical to be in business
without using Microsoft's mutating file formats.  All you have to
do is politely decline such files, and suggest reasonable alternatives.

People who have a genuine business need to subject themselves to 
PowerPoint presentations might be an exception, and I'm sure there
are other specific instances, but that does not change the general
case.

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Cheers,                Linux:  It is now safe to turn on your computer.
Rick Moen
rick (at) hugin.imat.com 

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