The future of Ubuntu Linux.... Will it make Micro$oft go bankrupt?

[anthony baldwin]

Karl Auer wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 03:23 -0400, anthony baldwin wrote:
>> In fact, I run a very successfull translation agency from my home 
>> office,and we're 100% FOSS, and use OpenOffice.
>> We handle M$Orifice files every day, without issue.
> 
> However, there ARE issues. Anyone embarking on a changeover, or who has
> relationships that depend on the exchange of word processing documents
> would be well advised to carefully check that there is sufficient
> interoperability for what they want to do.
> 
> My own office has both Ubuntu+OOO and Windows+Office, and we find that
> while the vast majority of short documents exchange flawlessly, longer
> documents and documents using more advanced features sometimes don't
> exchange properly. The differences range from very slight to very major.
> Numbering is particularly sensitive (so watch out if you work with
> contracts and other legal documents). Pagination is also a common
> victim, mostly because font metrics can be subtly different. We have
> standardised on a set of fonts that work well for us. Frames and images
> are also a bugbear, alignment is often out.
> 
> Regards, K.
> 
> 

I work extensively with contracts and other legal documents.
That's most of what I do.

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