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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] KDE 3.5 is very alive! Possible Dot-Story?
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-04-05 22:49:35
Message-ID: 200604051649.44358.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 05 April 2006 14:01, Birger Kollstrand wrote:
> Human beeings fear drastic changes and mostly disbelive in such changes.
> since most user actually have doc's in word, excel and powerpoint format
> already, they still want to use them. At least be able to read them.

there are solutions for that (OOo, for example) and there is much more to 
koffice than KWord and KSpread. try not to fixate on those two apps so much.

> > for enterprise usage, excellent ms office compat is a must (and for many,
> > even OOo isn't good enough). for many home, educational and small office
> > users it's not really that important. approximate support is good enough
> > as they generally create more than they review other's documents and
> > formats such as PDF and HTML are used more regularly for interchange. and
> > let's face it, ODF is the future here (even if that is a long-term goal)
>
> ODF might be the  future, but it is nonsens Aron that it is not important
> for SMB's. I see firsthand through my work within this market that required
> documents shall be in word and excel formats. It is required to work with
> other companies of any size.

and how many companies don't do much or any data interchange with other 
companies that isn't covered by web and PDF? a lot.

> > and that said, what ms office file format does krita need to support
> > exactly? ;)
>
> Bla , bla .....

i'm perfectly serious here.

> But this does not make KOffice the star to put the KDE star promotion
> effort on. Sorry, but I would see that as a large mistake.

errrrrr... nobody said koffice would become the center of kde promotion, just 
that we shouldn't hide it under the rug.

> It is a much better and more sexy sell to promote amaroK and DigiKam.

most people need more than a photo app and a music app. not like this is an 
either/or situation. we can promote amarok, digikam, <insert list>, -and- 
koffice.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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