<div dir="ltr"><div>Yeah, I understand people not being able to adapt to change. I tried many, many years ago to introduce OpenOffice (this is pre-fork to LibreOffice) onto patron computers as an alternative. I didn't straight up replace M$Office, though...just an additional offering. But it didn't take. At all. People simply couldn't handle the change. But lately, with the current state of technology, it seems like people <u>should</u> be more adaptable now that they've had years of exposure to Google Docs, O365, et al., ...on their computers, phones, tablets, etc. and with the constant state of change that is forced upon them on all of those platforms. I've been wondering if we're <u>finally</u> at a place where I can start putting out some linux-based patron computers with Google Chrome, Firefox, OnlyOffice, etc. installed...without causing too much of a panic. I've figured if I <u>did</u> try to make that leap, we'd still need to have some token Windows+MSOffice computers available, but I've been wondering if we can finally get away with it. Could potentially be a significant cost savings, if so.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in public libraries</i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM Colleen Sandusky <<a href="mailto:csandusky@loudonvillelibrary.org">csandusky@loudonvillelibrary.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4929618324081679242">
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Hi Chad,<br>
I'm running a test with Free Office right now. The difference between it and O365 aren't horrible, but I don't want to create an issue for frontline staff.<br>
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<div>Anyone considering an alternative approach such as perhaps OnlyOffice? ...Maybe with just a tiny percent of computers having true Microsoft Office for the cases that truly require it for any document that just doesn't work quite right?</div>
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Yes single license and then its important to click "sign into this app only" otherwise it'll sign into any microsoft service like Edge and they can get into the account and its a mess. Thanks,</div>
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Hi Larry,<br>
I was thinking the same thing. Are you using a single license per machine? I was looking at using the five installations per license but then anyone using any of those five machines would potentially have access to anything done on those five machines since
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I'm not seeing a way to offer O365 without requiring a Microsoft account login. Am I missing something? What are other libraries doing that doesn't create a privacy nightmare or restricted use?<br>
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