[Leaplist] OOo question with large numbers

[Kevin Korb]

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I don't disagree.  That just isn't my annoyance.  The places I have worked
have either used open source, not cared, or kept old computers around just
in case.

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:32:16 -0800 (PST)
"Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
> I don't call it "lucky."
> I call it "risk mitigation."
> 
> I don't avoid Microsoft because it's "proprietary."
> Heck, if it was "proprietary," then I wouldn't mind it.
> Microsoft is a large, sustainable organization for "proprietary."
> That means they would be around a long time to support it.
> 
> The problem is, MS Office does _not_ qualify as "proprietary."
> It's purposeful hostageware/abandonware.
> I've had this debate over and over with customers, clients, etc...
> How can you keep putting data in formats that are discarded?
> 
> I've been at Boeing.  I've been at many companies.
> They pull their hair out with document loss.
> For doctors, lawyers and engineers, that's not an option.
> Document longevity is absolute.
> 
> And people wonder how Corel continues?  It's the customers.
> Microsoft only had to bail them out because Microsoft cut them
> off from all Windows APIs in the first place.  Had that not happened
> shortly after Corel bought WordPerfect, Corel would have never
> needed to be bailed out (and would have never had to go to
> another platform like Linux).
> 
> MS Office has caused the greatest amount of IP loss ... _ever_.
> 
> 
> 
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> From: Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net>
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> There is a big difference in software selection between people who choose
> their own and people who have someone choose for them.  If you are the
> latter consider yourself lucky you aren't forced to use Windows or
> some other closed source crap and move on.
> 
> BTW, I prefer gnumeric and lyx over oocalc and oowriter too.
> 


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