Re: RTF - proprietary or open?

On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 11:10:57AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote in Article
<20070627025352.GE14985@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:

That depends on your definition of "available." If the person receiving
your document is on dialup and not in a position to download the 100+ MB
OOo or is otherwise not sufficiently proficient to install software,
then you are basically left with "default" windows tools, which are
wordpad, and occasionally works or word.

True, but wouldn't not having any proper office suite, on dialup, running
Windows make about as much sense for business as switching to MacOS for the
games? Is that a large enough edge case for anybody to bother worrying
about?

I wasn't thinking so much of the business users themselves, but rather
their customers. In any case, you bring up a good point. Of course, I
have also worked places where any "unapproved" software was strictly
verbotten. Getting software approved at one of these places would
require a presidential executive order, act of congress, plantery
alignment and a lunar eclipse all in the same day. Even then the
"security" folks might still not sign off.

While I personally prefer OOo over MSO and try to encourage people to
switch, it will be a long time yet before non-MS formats are considered
"standard."

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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