[libreoffice-users] Re: Adopting LibreOffice in Corporate Environments

[ms777 <ms777@web.de>]

Simon,

I would consider giving up after one day as bad management...either in
preparation or in execution of the migration. On top of that, costs for M$
products are normally quite low at universities due to academic rebates.  So
the reward to switch to OO/LO is lower.

The best strategy how OO/LO could help in reduction of migration and
acceptance problems is probably compatibility, compatibility, compatibility.
Even if compatibility means being compatibility to something stupid. Once
OO/LO has reached say 30% market share, trials to be better than M$ products
at lower compatibility might be started, but not earlier. Waiting until that
share is reached is not in the nature of the typical volunteer contributing
to OO, I am afraid.

But my problem is different. I am stuck even before migration because of the
anticipated efficiency loss, not because I am afraid of acceptance or
migration problems.

ms777



Simon Johnson-Bégin wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> ... we once agreed, last december, that it was time to implement
> Openoffice in the law library's computers.  I tough that this was a great
> choice and a good step forwarded for the open community.
> The next day after the implementation, lot of students complained about
> Openoffice, saying that it was not the same as what they were accustomed
> in the bast.  i'm sure that they did not tried it that much.  I did not
> agreed with them, butt he directors decided the next day to go back to Ms
> Office.  ...
> Simon
>> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:47:34 -0700
>> From: ms777@web.de
>> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Adopting LibreOffice in Corporate
>> Environments
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I lead a department of about 100 people in a German institution. We are
>> on
>> M$ products. From these 100 people
> ...


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