Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Microsoft MigratIon Guide

On Thursday, January 09, 2014 02:25:52 PM Jean Weber wrote:
> The term "Migration Guide" seems to be used around the project to
> refer to two types of documents. One is more a marketing document
> providing guidance for people and companies considering changing from
> Microsoft Office to LibreOffice. The other is more of a user guide
> intended to help people who have been using MSO and need to learn how
> to use LO. The latter is the guide that is mentioned in the Docs wiki.
> It probably needs a different name to distinguish it from the
> marketing document. It is, in a way, a followup to the marketing
> document, but aimed very much at people actually using LO. They often
> think "Oh, I can't do X with LO" when in fact they can but they
> haven't discovered the different ways that LO does some things and the
> different terminology used in a few places.
>
> Back in OpenOffice 2.x days, we had such a document. Its contents list
> could be improved upon, but the general concept I think is an
> important one to help people make the transition. IMO it needs to be
> written by someone or several people who are familiar with current or
> recent versions of MSO from a user's point of view, the terminology
> used, and the placement of menus and toolbars for doing common tasks.
>
> The OOo 2.0 document is here:
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Migrat
> ion_Guide
>
> I have not looked at the book Fabian mentions (and my French isn't
> very good), but I notice it is also from OOoAuthors.
>
> --Jean
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Charles-H. Schulz
>
> <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Italo already answered on the documentation list (I believe).
> > In order to understand the context a bit better, it's perhaps useful to
> > realize that such a migration guide fits into the context of our
> > professional certification project. At this stage we do not really work
> > on such a migration guide, however we will at some point and if there's
> > enough interest now, some blueprint might be possible. If you guys are
> > IT professionals and have already migrated customers to LibreOffice or
> > earlier to OpenOffice.org, please let Italo know about it.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Charles.
> >
> > Le Wed, 8 Jan 2014 07:49:57 -0600,
> >
> > Andrew Brandt <andrew@allstar-computer.com> a écrit :
> > > I'd also be interested in working on this guide.
> > > On Jan 7, 2014 11:48 PM, "David Virden"
> > >
> > > <thetechnicaldeconfusator@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi, I would like to work on this guide and I was told someone on
> > > > this list else was interested, as well. If so, would you like some
> > > > assistance?
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
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Jean,

I think what a lot of Enterprise Microsoft Active Directory Users would like 
is a deployment guide that walks they through all AD Policy setting options as 
well as procedures for pushing out LibreOffice through AD as well using either 
software distribution points, Microsoft SMS or what ever replacement they have 
for SMS at this point in time. 

That would be a great guide to publish to really assist in the migration to 
Libreoffice. The only other thing that could help LibreOffice break into the MS 
Enterprise would be to work to get it added To Microsoft Update as well as 
Microsoft WSUS although I do not think Microsoft is going to jump on that any 
time in the immediate future.

As LibreOffice does package in the msi format it should make Enterprise 
Deployment easy. If anyone has any third party SMS type of product such as the 
old Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition please request they make LibreOffice 
deployment guides for their product. 

I treat MS Windows as "The Plague" and the only Windows support I provide is 
migration to GNU/Linux so count me out on assisting in producing any of this 
by the way.

Tim

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