Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

The only other addition to MSO-97 would be the 2007/2010/2013 versions 
of their "x" formats and any other file formats that might be used now 
by MSO or other software.

On 10/02/2012 03:55 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> On 10/02/2012 02:38 PM, Tim Deaton wrote:
> > I don't think we need to remove existing features.  But I DO think we
> > need to focus on the "90% of average users".  Basically, I think LO
> > should be making sure it can do everything that MS Office 97
> > (15-year-old software) could do, and do it just as well and just as
> > easily.  If LO could do THAT, it would eat Microsoft's lunch.
> >
> > -- Tim Deaton
> > ===========================
> +1 on focus. We often forget that average user only uses part of the
> features available MSO of LO. The problem is that how of the features
> are used by the average user. Is it 50%, or 80% or some other fraction
> but with each user typical using about 20 - 30 % of the features.
>
> This may be wrong list. Does anyone know which features are extensively
> used and which ones users want? And then compare the two with features
> of various MSO versions.
>
> My suspicion is that most people do not use new features found in MSO
> 2007 and later. I am not sure about 97, 2000, or XP. Personally, I doubt
> I use any feature found in a version later than XP and possibly even
> earlier. In fact the only feature that would be absolute show stopper
> for me is handling MSO/MSOX formats. I have to open and files to others
> using MSO(X) formats regularly and LO has been excellent at handling
> them for me.
>
> >From the comments on the list, the weakest part of LO is Base. However,
> my observation is most people find learning any true database daunting
> and thus do not learn how to use any database. Compounding this is the
> fact many MSO packages do not include Access. Many thus use a
> spreadsheet as a poor man's substitute for a proper database.
>
> <snip>


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