Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

On 10/03/2012 02:23 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 10/03/2012 01:20 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
>
> /snip/
> > One commenter noted that most SOHO users do not need the
> > collaboration features in MSO (or any office suite). Also, I am not
> > sure that many of the collaboration features are used extensively in
> > large organizations.sides.
> I guess I don't understand something here. Almost 20 years ago, I
> wrote user manuals for equipment I designed, and had the software
> engineer modify them as required for the user programming
> requirements. (This was for burglar-alarm systems.)  there was no problem
> using the MS software that existed then--it would mark modifications
> with red underlines or something similar.  I'd just send the copy over
> the network to my software person, and she would do whatever was
> necessary, and send the copy back for me to check it and release it.
> No special "collaboration" software, but we certainly collaborated.
> What's the big deal?
>
> --doug (Retired RF Engineer)

Doug,

MSO has some tools designed for real-time collaborative document
production that allow distributed groups to work on the same document
and track each person's edits, etc. I have not used these features;
primarily because I never needed to use them. Thus I do not know how
well they work. The implicit assumption is that all users can have
simultaneous access to the same document version.

Some the editing features such as track all changes are sometimes useful
for a large document. What you are describing is not what MS is trying
to push. Often what is needed for collaboration is what you are
describing: create, edit, revise, (edit, revise), release.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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