On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 20:57 +0530, Rony wrote:
It is not hilarious when M$ Office multi-user license will be procured, in the new machines that will be supplied, due to the critical nature of the work. I don't expect buggy packages to be available on repos even after newer versions are out.
BTW, most M$ users who use non-licensed copies, are using software copies that are quite some years old, they have no access to updates, yet they hardly find any problems or bugs in their software and are happily using them.
I'm neither defending Microsoft and nor am I criticising Linux. Rony, Linux isn't really ready for the mission critical desktop applications. I know exactly what you mean when you say the above statements.
OOo can't be a replacement to M$ Office, just yet. It has a long way to go before it matures into a real competitor. Till then I dont think we can truly pitch Linux for the desktops / workstations where such work is to be carried out.