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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
@Laughing Man:

If you put it that way, then I'd have to say MS did a much better job doing (backward) compatibility testing between their MS Office releases than OO.o against MS Office formats =P It's so much less of an issue (format compatibility) upgrading to another MS Office version than to OO.o. Unfortunately.

As for user's response to the 'upgrade': Most will immediately understand that MS Office 2007 is an upgrade from whatever version they were using before (nice gui, whatnot) and they wouldn't mind spending their own time exploring it and getting themselves up to speed. They either 'don't care' or 'somewhat excited' with getting such upgrade.
While getting OO.o replacement is seen as something 'inferior' or 'different' and they generally don't react as positively to this change. "Oh, the company is saving some money at MY cost.. I've to use this inferior software that makes my job harder or less convenient".

Of course user's response is part of the migration preconditioning process... while a great majority of them probably wouldn't care if you tell them about 'opensauce', but telling them how the saving from this project may help the company stay afloat in this tough time should earn their sympathy..

In the end, OO.o is seen as an inferior product which is cheaper, but comes with some unnecessary risks.
So in the end it seems that we agree. That the primary issue facing OpenOffice is user perception? (I agree with what you said). I also agree that MSOffice did a better job with compatibility, but then again they have the advantage of owning it, so they don't have to work backwards (but then again judging from released Microsoft documentation of networks either they intentionally obfuscuated it or they're partially in the blind too). File compatibility is partially why I can't say OpenOffice is the perfect 1:1 replacement of MSOffice. But why I say it can be used in some places where MSOffice is used where users don't use all the features. I think organizations should at least try a hybrid of OO and MSOffice (unless licensing from Microsoft is in a bulk form where the extra licenses saved wouldn't be that big a deal).

Edit: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/m...ng-to-symbian/

It's for Symbian not Maemo.
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
They're maemo and MeeGo...

"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...

Last edited by Laughing Man; 2009-08-13 at 01:09.