Re: [tlug] Re: Stand Up for OpenOffice!!

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Greg Thomson  writes:

 > Are students willing to spend money to gain slightly increased opening  
 > speed?

No.

 > I agree that OOo on the mac is painfully slow. Our mac at work is  
 > testantment to that. However to it would appear that performance on other  
 > platforms is reaching acceptablity making OOo quite suitable for student  
 > use.

I don't think you have yet grasped the requirement.  *We have a
working system in place.*  We need to show that use of OOo does not
involve major losses compared to the "industry standard", which is
working just fine, thank you very much.  Preferably in combination
with major gains in some areas.

Or at least "working system" is the perception.  To combat that
perception, I need to demonstrate a working setup for at least a small
group that interacts effectively with the existing system, using
heterogenous platforms (specifically, the ones participants already
have).  There will be no volunteers under current conditions, and
unlike City Hall I am not in position to compel anyone.

I'm not "bashing" OOo.  I'm simply saying that I see little chance
that it meets the needs that *I* have.  And this all started because I
expressed surprise that it could meet organizational needs *based on
my experience*.  OK, it works in certain circumstances, but as far as
I can see those circumstances are insufficiently analogous to the ones
I face.