I definitely agree that M$ WORD will be the yardstick , whether we like
it or not. I have made futile attempts to convert our office to Star Office ,
and that only sadly underscores the point that linux is still not ready for the
desktop , from users perspective. While KDE has gone a long way to bring linux
on the desktop , there is still a lot of work to be done. KOffice will
certainly do a hell lot of good in trying to persuade corporations.
        But we cant always be dictated by past , or else we wouldnt be having
linux itself isnt it. I guess the shift has to be slow , but we can set an
example by showing how wonderful this is. One common concern that I have come
across in whatever forums I preach linux is that of customer support. When a
company buys xyz product from so and so company , they know they can call up
that company to help them in case of trouble. Now will there be such an
authority for koffice?. I couldnt answer this question to my own satisfaction.

vinny

> The way I see it, and I agree with what dep said, but mind you this is
> exactly what Amiga did do, make wordprocessors that where able to import
> other file formats. They also managed to write std file formats that
> were easily read.
> I am not a programmer/developer, but a USER and as such the koffice
> developers should be finding out what the users want now not later.
>  
> I feel that it IS a major source of worry as WORD is definitely the
> yardstick by which all else is measured and it is what users that
> transfer to linux will want, no and ifs or buts. Most of the developers
> lose sight of the fact that ultimately the users dictate the market, not
> what you want them to have. No one is feeling hurt and I am looking
> forward to the release of koffice but it does seem shortsighted to make
> another NATIVE format.

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E-Mail: Vinodh <vinny@innomedia.soft.net>
Date: 26-Nov-99
Time: 14:06:48
And now for something completely the same.

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