Re: [libreoffice-users] government implementation of open standards

Tom,  (you probably know this but for the benefit of others... ) in many 
cases it is not that a business wants to stick with Microsoft systems 
with their forever changing quirky proprietary file formats and obscure 
changing licensing.   I recommend that you or others do as follows:

Write a proposal that identifies and details these long-standing 
problems that everyone is already aware of,  and propose the the 
solution that you will co-ordinate it.   Also state that irrespective of 
a decision being made on this, that LibreOffice can be installed with 
immediate effect as the default for ODF files.

Example of a proposal:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Deployment_and_Migration#Business_case_proposal_for_upgrading_to_LibreOffice
Example of installing LibreOffice in tandem with another office suite:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Deployment_and_Migration#Examples

Before you do this, you could provide an IT Disaster Recovery plan, that 
mentions the risks you already face, including your risks and issues of 
being locked in to a single vendor.

Rob

On 03/06/15 4:53 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> My work-place is determined to use Microsoft even in cases where a
> competing product is significantly better at the main task a program is
> beign used for.  For example Outlook (not the 365 one) for calendars and
> room bookings rather than something that can be read outside the office.
> The only time they are interested is after a better system has been set-up
> and they can see it running - ie a bit too late to charge them for the work
> of setting it up!
>
> My managers and some colleagues still deny that they have problems due to
> incompatibility (despite buying the same products that are being used by
> other organisations) - and then make a big fuss about "having to Pdf it"
> and about how Pdfs (from MSO) are almost invariably being blurry (unlike
> ones done in LO)
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> On 2 June 2015 at 15:18, message <letter@openmailbox.org> wrote:
>
> > Readers,
> >
> > UK government proceeds with strategic support of open standards. However,
> > at local and departmental level, proprietary format continue use due to
> > managerial inertia. It's up to taxpayers...
> >
> >
> > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-formats-implementation-plan/open-formats-implementation-plan
> >
> > https://diasp.eu/posts/3185007
> > https://diasp.eu/posts/3183106
> > https://diasp.eu/posts/3181869
> > https://diasp.eu/posts/3181361
> >
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