On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 00:03 +0530, Rony wrote:
What I do is tell the client about libre software and in many cases they are willing to give it a shot. I don't interfere too much with their choices as they have to use it ultimately for all their daily work, not I. My purpose is to introduce them to freedom, not drag them to it. And I do it single handedly. When I had put up the problem on the list, there was not much help in terms of a workaround. It was only when the pin was pricked in the sensitive spot that everyone jumped up and responded.
Hmm...yes. I got a query a few months ago to migrate an office to Linux. The problem was and still is that I cant outright recommend Linux for Workstations / Desktops for the kind of work they do - Tally, M$ Office ( Word + Excel + PP ) and some custom made s/w.
Why? Simply because Linux sucks on the desktop. There would be too much headache for them to setup, maintain those machines, train their staff AND then put up with randomness that comes along with each update of OOo. I remember very well that someone one this list posted that OOo of Fedora worked better ( faster ) than the same version of OOo of Ubuntu.
To put it on record, I tried out the sorting of colours test at HBCSE today and Krish and Patwardhan are witness to it that it did not work on both their machines using OO.
Haha...must've been frustrating. Almost everyone (?) on this list reported that it worked...