Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc corrupted an Excel xlsx file, should I report a bug?

On 09/08/2011 02:38 AM, Bruce Carlson wrote:
> e-letter wrote:
> > > Solution #1:
> > > Send back an xls version of that file and ask them to exchange
> > > spreadsheets in that format.
> > Better still, send in ods and ask the recipient to use LO. If the
> > suggestion is declined, buy m$o. When minor incompatibility is
> > discovered between m$ hardware and software, such bugs should be
> > published to m$ and not here!
> >
> > at0mic
> > You can't be serious. LibreOffice/OpenOffice has such low use in the
> corporate world that I would be remiss to ask the other user to download a
> ~200MB software package just to view the document I send them.>You just
> don't play those kinds of games in the business world, not unless you want
> to aggravate others for no gain (no, you won't increase LO/OO uptake by only
> using non-Office formats, you'll just piss people off if>you ask them to
> install another software package for no discernible reason).
>
>
> Sending an .xls version and asking the person on the other end to keep the
> document in that format is a valid point and can be substantiated by the
> fact that even different versions of MSO have trouble reading each other's
> version of .xlsx formats. Try swapping an .xlsx document with complex
> formulae between office 2003 and office 2010. Sometimes it might work.
> Trying to coerce or force others into using international standards instead
> of MS standards will have a negative effect in the acceptance of these
> international standards.
>
> For increasing the awareness and take up of LO in business, the best results
> I've had is by pointing out the extra functionality of LO that can't be
> provided by MSO, such as the ability to load and modify and re-save .pdf
> documents. This has been a big selling point in my organisation with around
> twenty new users this year already. (only 380 users to go) The biggest
> obstacle I have in promoting LO is younger IT staff who tried Open Office
> several years ago during their uni days and have been scared off from trying
> later versions by repeated and continuing MS propaganda.
>
> I find the same attitude towards GIMP. Today I had our Helpdesk manager call
> GIMP unusable rubbish. I asked him what his preferred Microsoft alternative
> was and when did he last try GIMP. No answer, was the stern reply. :-)
I do not like GIMP as much as Paint Shop Pro 5 [old and Win only], but I 
use GIMP now since I use Ubuntu as my default system.  IF I have 
problems with doing what I need with GIMP, I fire up my Vista laptop and 
do the editing with Paint Shop Pro [5 and/or 9].
> (e-letter's use of the $ sign in M$ is quite amusing and to the point.)
>
> cheers,
>
> Bruce Carlson
>
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