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Re: [PLUG] LBF (Linux Business Forum): Top Arguments FOR and AGAINST using Linux in Business
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You mean like Multimate?
Just had that problem.
bs
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> On Friday 18 October 2002 02:09 pm, Michael Leone wrote:
> > Unsupported software (MS Office formats), etc
>
> OpenOffice does a decent enough job. For the most part very few
> companies take advantage of complex document features that are
> unsupported.
>
> Instead, as AGAINST, I would add:
>
> Lack of support for conversion of existing MS Office customizations
> (When we swithched over, opening a document or spreadsheet was easy.
> The problem was all of those document assembly templates that evolved
> over the years. Macro language compatibility is barely there.)
>
> Lack of support for a lot of "legacy data" -- formats that are no
> longer supported, but which the business needs occasional access to.
> --
>
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