[wellylug] Microsoft At WellyLUG last night.

[Jamie]

I use Linux on my desktop everyday. The issue is not the OS. The OS is
fine. what catches me is the apps. Openoffice is mostly good. But that X
percent of the time where it misses really makes me shake my fist in the
air. Something I also really miss is decent Visio alternative - kivio,
kivio-mp and dia just don't cut it. All the other stuff is reasonably
good.

Spreadsheeting is OK. Usually word is the problem - and usually it's
people using unusual techniques in formatting that stuffs things up. If
someone was to format a complex document using Microsoft recommended
techniques, then 99 % of the time it's ok. But the problem is we have
driver error on the other side...

jamie


On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 16:51 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> > I have to take issue with that - I work in a business where practically
> > everyone uses Linux desktops, and I know of several others on the list
> > who also work for organisations where Linux on the desktop is the norm.
> 
> But this is far from the norm for the vast majority of businesses. We
> cannot use Linux on the Desktop as too much of our day to day software is
> tied to Windows, and this is unlikely to change.
> 
> Perhaps Geraint shouldn't have made such an "absolute" comment, but the
> fact remains that for the vast majority of businesses Linux on the desktop
> is not an option.
> 
>