Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: Windows 8 Compatibility - More Info

Right now "libreoffice" has 12 out of 13 votes for compatible
"The Documentation Foundation" has 4 out of 4 votes.

To be honest, do you really think that MS would list competition in 
their compatibility reports?  Nearly half of my "major" packages were 
not reported in their Win7 compatibility report, the last time I ran 
it.  Plus it told me a couple of packages were not compatible when the 
software companies advertise it works for XP through Win7.  Have not 
tried the Win8, since I will not buy it. I should buy Win7, if possible 
next month for upgrading my 32-bit Vista [dual boot with Ubuntu] to Win7 
64-bit.



On 12/17/2012 12:49 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> I wanted to check on the "Access Violation" that Tony experienced to see it was an easily 
> reproducible situation for a Windows 8 installation of LibreOffice.
>
> Before doing that, I installed LibreOffice 3.6.4 on a Windows XP SP3 system.  I then ran the 
> Windows 8 Upgrade advisor.  The upgrade advisor did not include LibreOffice in its report, neither 
> as compatible or incompatible.
>
> However, there was a link to web resources for checking on applications not covered in Upgrade 
> Advisor reports.  After nosing around, I was led to here:
> <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/win8/CompatCenter/ProductViewerWithDefaultFilters?TempOsid=win8&Locale=en-us&TextSearch=LibreOffice>
>   
> There is a Compatibility Center where reports about particular applications are crowd-sourced.  (Note that only major versions are identified.)
>
> The dual listing for LibreOffice Version 3 is because TDF is identified as the "brand" in one source, and 
> "libreoffice" in another.  The same "Community Discussion" backs up both, though.
>
> To see how this works, I "voted" on the TDF entry.  I was unable to specify version 3.6 (only 3.3 
> and 3.5 are listed), nor was I asked for details.
>
> Interesting but not totally satisfying.
>
>   - Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamilton@acm.org]
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 13:39
> To: 'Jay Lozier'; users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: RE: Windows 8 Compatibility (was RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: 0xc0000005 error in 
> RPCRT4.dll from soffice.bin)
>
> Jay, I agree.
>
> There are two kinds of compatibility for Windows 8.
>
> First, desktop compatibility is essentially the same as for Windows 7.  There is more room for 
> gradual upgrade to integrate more smoothly, including on x64 machines with Atom processors, 
> solid-state drives, and storage in the cloud.  I think UX features will also adjust and improve, 
> but that will be relatively gradual.
>
> [ ... ]


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