Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: docx format troubles

Brian

On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 16:17 +0100, Brian Barker wrote: 

> On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 08:30 -0400, David B Teague sr wrote:
> > The fact that 20% of the features of MS Office (and by implication, 
> > LO and OO.o) used almost exclusively by some 80% of the users 
> > suggests to me that OO.o should identify that 20% of features and 
> > modularize OO.o or LO or what have you to include that 20% and make 
> > the other 80% of the features available as extensions.
>
> One thing to remember is that in institutions, it will not be the 
> user's job to install or upgrade software.  Users should not be 
> running as root/administrator and will not have access to any 
> installation media.  The efficient way to install software in such 
> scenarios is to install everything and to provide hardware capable of 
> operating it satisfactorily.  There would be no advantage - indeed, 
> considerable disadvantage - if IT departments had to hunt down a set 
> of extensions to make up the package they needed.  It would be 
> another obstacle to change.

Good point, there is a big difference between, home, home office, and
small business users and large institutional or corporation users. Often
the former are owner/operators and can tailor the installation, while
the latter often have limited authority to modify their installation. 

> Brian Barker



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