On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 12:26, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions
wrote:
>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1570801,00.asp> covers some very valid points in relation to Open Source vs Windows, where
> they compared Office 2003 with Open Office.
>> The more advanced users of tools like Excel found Open Office totally
> inadequate for their needs, while those that were at the lower end seemed to
> be satisfied with it.
>If by advanced one means that there is scripting going on then one can
safely say that the initial tool being used is a spreadsheet with some
programming. This can be done with OOo, your language may differ but it
is available.
If you change cars you learn where the new buttons are, I wonder if
these 'power users' had an OOo power user to help them.
Regards,
Paul O'Malley
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