Results of Ubuntu Linux desktop tests by non-profits

NoOp glgxg at mfire.com
Tue Oct 17 00:25:23 UTC 2006


Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> NoOp <glgxg at mfire.com>  said:
>> Cool! Too bad they didn't put the documents up as OpenOffice Writer
>> docs (.odt) though instead of in MS Word though
>> http://foss.ciac.org.uk/article43.html Or at least as an OOo created
>> PDF. Seems a bit ironic... that FOSS uses MS Word, doesn't it?
> 
> It does make a kind of sense; Word is more readily available to those
> who might benefit from the files.  pdf would have done as well though,
> I would think.
> 
> Cybe R. Wizard

I suppose... but if not PDF, then a disclaimer that the files were
created with OOo and saved in MS Word format for the benefit of the the
"others". Plus odt docs for the rest :-) After all; FOSS = Free and Open
Source Software.







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