OpenOffice.org 2.2 released [LWN.net]

OpenOffice.org 2.2 released

Posted Mar 30, 2007 6:49 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
In reply to: OpenOffice.org 2.2 released by drag
Parent article: OpenOffice.org 2.2 released

Oh, and a lot of that is psychological. Its setting up a more formal proccess so people are more mentially prepared for chantges.

Also having paticular workmates 'put in charge', means they will make extra effort to make sure that they know what is going on. Ideally you pick people that take pride in having a slightly higher amount of authority. That sort of personality. It's a small thing, but it probably helps.

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OpenOffice.org 2.2 released

Posted Mar 30, 2007 16:32 UTC (Fri) by mikov (subscriber, #33179) [Link]

You are right, of course. I agree with everything you said.

The problem is that in our case there is nobody who knows OO.o really well. The people who are using it - developers like me - are not really experts.

For us there is no pressing business or usability need to switch to OO.o at this time, and nobody is really excited about investing time to learn in detail how to use an office product (be it free or not). I foolishly thought that we can just transition without any real effort. Of course it didn't work. Significant real effort will be needed. The trick is to find good justification for it, and so far I am unable to.

I am currently considering another experiment - using Ubuntu desktop with CrossOver office. Not company wide, of course. Hopefully the user can feel comfortable enough with his familiar apps, so that Linux itself will not be so scary. Then, in a while, it will be a small step to transition to OpenOffice.

The motivation for Linux is obvious - security. Plus, most Windows users I know are more or less annoyed with the Windows desktop - e.g. how you can't do anything for several minutes after the desktop has been displayed. I show them how KDE is fully usable once it finishes loading and see the envy in their eyes :-)