Hi Alan, Agreed! I am in fact a big Linux advocate, at least for the server side of the house. For the client side, I'm still a bit of a Windows advocate. That is probably mostly because I have a solid screen access solution for Windows. We'll see what happens with Gnopernicus access to the Gnome GUI. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Dayley" To: Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 9:31 PM Subject: Re: More coal on the fire > I also have found that Open Office is not perfect, with DOC or XLS files. > Things out of the ordinary, like odd input boxes or lesser used math > functions do not translate that well. > > On the other hand, the developers are to be commended for doing as well as > they have in getting a program to mostly work with a proprietary and closed > format. I would not want the task of reverse engineering the MS DOC format! > I've done stuff like that before but not with a format that complex. > > Alan > > On Monday 16 September 2002 07:55 pm, Darrell Shandrow wrote: > > Hi Fred, > > > > Unfortunately, I am not quite convinced with respect to Open Office. Some > > of my colleagues have sent me Open Office documents which have been > > converted to Microsoft Word format, and they have lacked some structural > > elements which they would have contained if they had been created using > > Microsoft Word. I am a blind person, and document accessibility to screen > > readers is paramount. At this time, when it comes to accessibility, MS has > > it all over Sun. Currently, even the Windows version of Open Office isn't > > accessible to screen readers. > > > > Thanks. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss