Comments on: Prisoner of Microsoft? Escape to Open Source http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/open-source-software/ Internet Marketing, Branding and Web Development for B2B Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:45:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Randy Kemp http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1644 Randy Kemp Thu, 29 May 2008 11:50:57 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=722#comment-1644 Brad: The good thing about Open Source, is that you don't need to know all the answers. You just need to find the right forum, where you can post the question. In your case, I would suggest the open office forum at http://www.oooforum.org/. If an answer exists - at the moment - you will find it there. Randy Karen: I would be happy to discuss more about open source, and other topics, in the future, in conjunction with Brad's schedule and direction. Randy Brad:
The good thing about Open Source, is that you don’t need to know all the answers. You just need to find the right forum, where you can post the question. In your case, I would suggest the open office forum at http://www.oooforum.org/. If an answer exists – at the moment – you will find it there.
Randy

Karen:
I would be happy to discuss more about open source, and other topics, in the future, in conjunction with Brad’s schedule and direction.
Randy

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Brad Shorr Thu, 29 May 2008 11:04:30 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=722#comment-1643 OpenOffice is a wonderful program. The problem I run into with it is this. If you send an OpenOffice file to someone who uses Microsoft, he can't open it. You can convert the file into a Word doc and send it, but now you have two versions of the file. Are there any other workarounds? OpenOffice is a wonderful program. The problem I run into with it is this. If you send an OpenOffice file to someone who uses Microsoft, he can’t open it. You can convert the file into a Word doc and send it, but now you have two versions of the file. Are there any other workarounds?

]]> By: Karen Swim http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1642 Karen Swim Thu, 29 May 2008 00:23:43 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=722#comment-1642 Randy, thanks to my techie clients and friends I use some open source too. OpenOffice is a very good suite that replaces MS Office. This post is really helpful as there is not much information for non-technical people about Open Source software. Thanks for the great guest post Randy. Hope you'll share additional info in the future. Randy, thanks to my techie clients and friends I use some open source too. OpenOffice is a very good suite that replaces MS Office. This post is really helpful as there is not much information for non-technical people about Open Source software. Thanks for the great guest post Randy. Hope you’ll share additional info in the future.

]]> By: Randy Kemp http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 Randy Kemp Wed, 28 May 2008 19:04:53 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=722#comment-1641 Robyn: Thank you for the wonderful comments. Three substitutes for Microsoft Word that come to mind are (1) Kword, (2) OpenOffice Writer, and (3) AbiWord. A good website giving the possible replacements is http://www.msboycott.com/thealt/alts/word.shtml (Note: select only open source links,for free replacements) Randy Robyn:
Thank you for the wonderful comments. Three substitutes for Microsoft Word that come to mind are (1) Kword, (2) OpenOffice Writer, and (3) AbiWord. A good website giving the possible replacements is http://www.msboycott.com/thealt/alts/word.shtml (Note: select only open source links,for free replacements)
Randy

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]]> By: Robyn http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1639 Robyn Wed, 28 May 2008 13:17:10 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=722#comment-1639 Thanks for in-depth insights on Open Source software that helps me accomplish tasks without Microsoft. I often felt prisoner to them because I wasn't free to do what I wanted. At the same time, all the terms you use here, have my head flying since I'm not a person familiar with how to do this. Do you have one open source website, where I can go to find software comparable to Microsoft Word, for instance? Thanks for in-depth insights on Open Source software that helps me accomplish tasks without Microsoft. I often felt prisoner to them because I wasn’t free to do what I wanted. At the same time, all the terms you use here, have my head flying since I’m not a person familiar with how to do this. Do you have one open source website, where I can go to find software comparable to Microsoft Word, for instance?

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