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Not true

Unfortunately most companies are constrained by their customers. If my client uses MS Office then I must use the same. Notice, performance or features don't even come into the equation here. Sad but true.

So Open Office is a complete failure, and has no compatibility with Word? I don't believe that, and furthermore, that's NOT my experience.

People might choose to use Word because they are familiar with the interface conventions, or they have applications written that plug in to office (though if you had apps that plug into an Oracle database, you'd be stuck just as much with Oracle), but it has NOTHING to do with the fact that they have to to maintain compatiblity with the Office-oriented world.

Posted by: John Carroll   Posted on: 10/17/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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