Re: [us-marketing] Marketing material suggestion: Why LibreOffice?

Well to be fair, I raised three points that seemed to me were the arguments
of MS feature-wise.

Other arguments are listed, and my suggestion was to create a new wiki page
where we could compare (side-by-side) LO and MSO.

Summary of arguments from MS against LO

*Arguments about $$*

   - Total costs: Business impact; like software issues, integration,
   incompatibility, run-time errors, downtime, unreliable support and
   security vulnerability.
   - Total benefit: Such as reliable supports, updates, accessibility, and
   security.
   - Integration cost: The cost associated when you decide to use a
   different software platform.
   - Management: Can it be easily managed? Large companies tend to have
   this issue because they don’t have a unified system.
   - Deployment costs: Can it handle corporate size business productivity?
   In addition to the compromise or extra benefits of software alternatives.
   - OpenOffice/LibreOffice does not provide the same depth of
   functionality as Microsoft Office as a result do not meet the needs of some
   end users. This will force your organization to manage multiple software
   suites potentially increasing IT costs.


   - When running a mixed software environment you are also running the
   risk of interoperability issues which could further increase IT and
   helpdesk costs, inhibit productivity, and generate end users frustration.
   - Additional factors that could create higher costs include integration
   with your existing systems and applications like ERP and content management
   systems and software updates.
   - *LibreOffice*/OpenOffice *does not allow for incremental software
   updates. *Instead it requires a complete uninstall and reinstall every
   time you need to update the software.


*Arguments more about features*


   - Office drives increasing business value through innovations that
   span basic functionality, like copy and paste, to advanced features like
   business intelligence.
   - LibreOffice/OpenOffice does not deliver a complete productivity suite.
   Critical components like email and calendaring are absent, not to mention
   equivalent software to Publisher, OneNote, Business Contact Manager and
   SharePoint Workspace.
   - LibreOffice / OpenOffice also lack some commonly used components, for
   instance; they do not ship with commonly used functionality like user
   friendly ribbons, clipart, SmartArt or Pivot Charts.
   - Organizations may have to fill these application gaps with product
   extensions, additional software or customizations adding to cost and
   complexity.


*Arguments about collaboration*


   - Collaboration technology should facilitate ease of sharing, and trust
   in the fidelity of information shared. To facilitate collaboration, Office
   2010 has many new features including co-authoring, integration with
   the Microsoft Unified Communications technologies in addition to the new
   online companion applications, the Office Web Applications.
   - People using OpenOffice/LibreOffice are limited to using
   disparate email and document repositories to share and edit documents one
   person at a time. To take advantage of advanced collaboration
   technologies will require additional software and possibly more
   customization. In addition to sharing documents, information
   formatting integrity is critical.
   - LibreOfice/OpenOffice can read and output many file types, however vital
   information like formatting structures, calculations, layout, and macros
   may not be preserved when sharing with non OpenOffice/LibreOffice users.
   - Whether you have a mixed group of users or plan to share documents
   with people outside of your organization you may not be able to trust that
   people receive the document with the intended content and formatting.

*Security/Sensitive information*


   - OpenOffice/LibreOffice are limited to only password protecting files.
   Although password protected documents can be effective, they do not
   ensure security and may cause additional complexity.
   - Advantage and also weakness of OpenOffice/LibreOffice for being an
   open source software means that many users have the ability to alter the
   state of the software by integrating their own design, which could lead to
   security vulnerability issue.
   - Microsoft Office provides a robust set of features for securing
   documents that reduces the risk and cumbersomeness of password only
   protection.
   - Information Rights Management (IRM) allows individuals and
   administrators to specify permissions to documents, workbooks, and
   presentations. This helps prevent sensitive information from being printed,
   forwarded, or copied by unauthorized people. After permission for a file
   has been restricted using IRM, the access and usage restrictions
   are enforced no matter where the information is.

*Arguments about "Cloud"*

   - OpenOffice/LibreOffice does not provide any other deployment option
   besides the desktop.
   - Microsoft provides a seamless experience across the PC, phone,
   and browser.

*Future-looking arguments*

   - OpenOffice/LibreOffice may be limited in providing the next generation
   of productivity, cloud computing, lacking the ecosystem of enabling server
   and consumer collaboration technologies like SharePoint and SkyDrive.
   - Choosing Microsoft Office will help ensure that you can take advantage
   of the next generation of productivity software.



Is it possible to add this to a wiki or something please. We can work on it
collaboratively :)

Cheers,

Immanuel

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