On Tuesday 11 September 2007 13:38, Rony wrote:
I have been using OO since version 0.9. So its not a new creation. By now it should have features similar in functionality to M$ Office and more. Otherwise what is the purpose of migration. It works anyway.
dont do favours, dont migrate and save everbody your headaches. The last thing you want to imitate is M$Orifice. Just read the msooxml specs and you will know why.
The customer depends on YOU and pays YOU to provide that service. If you cant maintain a source tree (even that is maintained by the developers u just sync your tree with theirs and compile) or download a tarball and compile u are in the wrong business.
The customer does not pay ME to write software. The onus of bugs and functionality of a software lies on its creator. The customer only pays ME to maintain his hardware, install software the normal way and tune it to his work environment.
And i suppose the crappiest way to do it is the most normal - the M$ way. "Tune to his environmet" is where the money is, provided your skill at welding FOSS tools and HIS expectations match. If you made the offer that he can do things exactly the way he did and yet have all the benefits of FOSS you made the wrong pitch.
Otherwise customer is king.
True.
Reply same as previous.
Nobody is going to do your work for you. Dont like FOSS use something else. Comback later when A** is suitable on fire and with an even bigger load of closed data.
BTW, the user has already burned his hands trying out alternatives to commercial software. At one time he even forced his employees to use the alternative CAD package that someone had developed for him for a good sum of money.
So? what has this got to do with FOSS?
He started loosing employees as they could not adjust to the new package. Ultimately he had to go for commercial CAD software multi-user licenses as that is what everyone learns at the multi-media institutes.
Wrong focus. He should have trained his people, which btw is a very important area while switching from anything to anything else. But again what has this got to do with FOSS?
BTW we have gone thru all the complexities of running a business with foss a hundred times on this list in the past few years. And concluded that u need skill AND a business plan or tons of cash AND a business plan.
Why are you raising the same old non issues?.
Because a list member found my problem with libre software hilarious. I need solutions not expert comments.
which were provided in ample measure ithink. Besides you made an "Expert" comment "OO is not ready for complex docs" which is totally wrong.
There are pros and cons on both sides.
The cons of using closed apps is a mile long and the pros trivial in most cases.