[OPLINTECH] Open Office Software

[Chad Neeper (list)]

To add a business slant:  I've been exclusively using OOo for business 
for four+ years now. There's no going back to MS Office or Corel Office 
(both of which I've used extensively in the last ten+ years). Especially 
within OOo Calc (think Excel or Quattro Pro), I can attest to the 
completeness of the feature set and compatibility OOo has with MS 
Office. OOo is pretty much a no-brainer compared with MS Office.

When it comes to the schools and libraries I support, I've been slowly 
introducing OOo. I think Chauncey's comments about staff adoption are 
spot-on. Some of the staff take to it right away with no problems. 
Others are resistant to change and don't want to take any time at all to 
adjust to a different program, even though the OOo interface is similar 
to that of pre-2007 MS Office.

For what it's worth,
Chad

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Chad Neeper
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shivelri at oplin.org wrote:
> Hello, I am the IT Specialist at Greenville Public Library and we have 
> started to use OO for some of our patron and staff computers. I was 
> curious as to how many other libraries are using OO and what their 
> experience has been with it? Do the patrons get along fine with it? 
> Does the staff?
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Chad Neeper
Senior Systems Engineer

Level 9 Networks
740-548-8070 (voice)
866-214-6607 (fax)

--   Full LAN/WAN consulting services   --
-- Specialized in libraries and schools --