Re: [libreoffice-users] Do You Share ODF Documents With MS Office Users?

Hi :)
I think that the perception is that MS Office is just MS Office and the version doesn't matter, 
that users will have no trouble moving from one version to another.  What counts is perception and 
that almost never has anything to do with reality.  

Also with MS Office it gives managers another excuse to just fire staff.  Staff are an expense, 
particularly the ones that have been in post longer.  They are seldom seen as an asset.  

So, the onus is on individuals to train themselves unless they want to risk becoming unenployable 
due to not knowing how to use MS Office.  

Migrating to LO is likely to be perceived as requiring the company to pay for retraining costs.  

The fact that it is probably easier for people to move from MSO 2003 (and earlier) to LO than to 
MSO 2007 (and later) is irrelevant.  

Also the ribbon is seen as sexy and glamorous.  People like it now even though they struggle to use 
it (ok, 2010's is a little easier and more logical than 2007's but people still struggle).  

Regards from
Tom :)  



--- On Thu, 9/8/12, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbplinux@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbplinux@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Do You Share ODF Documents With MS Office Users?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 9 August, 2012, 7:43

On 08/08/12 22:26, T Hopkins wrote:
> The difference in cost of the initial license, when considered from the full 
> deployment/productivity calculation of an IT manager, is often not the deciding factor. The 
> primary cost of changing software is not the license, but installation, configuration, training, 
> and lost productivity during conversion.

The total costs of all that would be FAR lower by converting from Office 2003 or any of its 
predecessors to LO compared to converting to Office 2007/2010.....users could at least get going 
almost immediately with LO whereas the new ribbon seemed to be almost unfathomable to a lot of 
people, so yes, going from one version of MS Office to a SIMILAR version (as in Office XP to Office 
2003 or Office 2007 to 2010) I agree. Going from a menu-based Office to a ribbon-based Office no, I 
don't agree.

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