Re: Crossover / Wine cannot install Office

From: Andy Fraser (andyfraser31_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 13:28:12 +0100

In comp.os.linux.misc, Joe uttered these immortal words:

<snip>
>>Yet you want us to take seriously the argument that since OpenOffice.org
>>might not correctly format every random Word document you throw at it
>>this is a terrible problem that must be solved? That might work on your
>>fellow brainwash victims but it doesn't play here.
>
> No. The issue is whether 'Word' documents created by OO will open
> *intelligibly* in a recent MS Word. Nobody's bothered about exact
> formatting, but if someone who hopes to sell you something sends you a
> document that doesn't work at all, are you likely to buy from him?

Personally I don't choose companies to work with based on how good their
documents are. I prefer to look at quality of service, price and ability to
provide the service I'm paying for. I'd rather get a prompt, short, honest,
plain text email reply to a query than a nicely formatted Word doc full of
PR bull***. Maybe that's why I have no complaints about my suppliers and
my customers have no complaints about me. 

-- 
Andy.