Comments on: Linux for Business: 50 Apps to Get your Office on Open Source http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/ The authoritative online resource for virtual hosting information Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:23:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: casio http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-68820 casio Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:48:40 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-68820 love the stuff here. every word is very useful love the stuff here.
every word is very useful

]]> By: jammer http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-68818 jammer Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:47:14 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-68818 very very useful article thanks for the nes stuff very very useful article
thanks for the nes stuff

]]> By: ניהול השקעות http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-63544 ניהול השקעות Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:02:43 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-63544 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: Bourbonnais http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-63142 Bourbonnais Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:10:33 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-63142 It's good to see that Linux becomes a real alternative to Windows for everybody. Given the low quality of Vista, there is a great future for Linux! It’s good to see that Linux becomes a real alternative to Windows for everybody. Given the low quality of Vista, there is a great future for Linux!

]]> By: emmanuel http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-58455 emmanuel Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:37:36 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-58455 This list is great. I am a newbie to Linux. However, migrating to OpenOffice was smooth with Ubuntu. Am using Planner, Dia, GIMP in Project Management Work. They replaced MS Project, MS Visio, and Adobe Photo Editors (Elements, Photoshop) well. The list fits in well, for now you know there's a roadmap to your migration. Thank you so much. Will explore Kompozer if its as good as Dreamweaver. Would be glad if you could also point me to Opensource alternatives to Acrobat 8, Flash 8 and EA Games. Better if there are OpenSource games similar to "Tiberium Wars" or "Yuri's Revenge" of EA. If not for those games, leaving Microsoft XP wouldnt be too difficult. I missed those games when I completely shifted to Ubuntu and Open Office. To abuse this page, would like to say this: I think people like me (a newbie), moving to Linux, or leaving Microsoft, is not about being tech savvy. Its about costs balanced with uninterrupted productivity. The issue of "which OS/application is better" comes later. The killer app for me is not about which application got the best features ( I hardly was able to use all the features of both MS Office and OpenOffice suites). The killer app for me is practically the "feeling of realization and inner joy" (and not the use of an application) that as I type my reports or compose my presentation to management, I was doing it in Open Office, and not in MS Word or Powerpoint. I didnt feel the slightest difference or inconvenience in my migration. That is my definition of a "killer app". If Linux apps can do that in alternatives to Acrobat, Flash, etc, then Linux can conquer the world, because not only does it create the feeling of "ease" but its free as well. This list is great. I am a newbie to Linux.
However, migrating to OpenOffice was smooth with Ubuntu.
Am using Planner, Dia, GIMP in Project Management Work. They replaced MS Project, MS Visio, and Adobe Photo Editors (Elements, Photoshop) well.

The list fits in well, for now you know there’s a roadmap to your migration. Thank you so much.

Will explore Kompozer if its as good as Dreamweaver.

Would be glad if you could also point me to Opensource alternatives to Acrobat 8, Flash 8 and EA Games.

Better if there are OpenSource games similar to “Tiberium Wars” or “Yuri’s Revenge” of EA. If not for those games, leaving Microsoft XP wouldnt be too difficult. I missed those games when I completely shifted to Ubuntu and Open Office.

To abuse this page, would like to say this:

I think people like me (a newbie), moving to Linux, or leaving Microsoft, is not about being tech savvy.
Its about costs balanced with uninterrupted productivity.
The issue of “which OS/application is better” comes later.
The killer app for me is not about which application got the best features ( I hardly was able to use all the features of both MS Office and OpenOffice suites).

The killer app for me is practically the “feeling of realization and inner joy” (and not the use of an application) that as I type my reports or compose my presentation to management, I was doing it in Open Office, and not in MS Word or Powerpoint.

I didnt feel the slightest difference or inconvenience in my migration. That is my definition of a “killer app”. If Linux apps can do that in alternatives to Acrobat, Flash, etc, then Linux can conquer the world, because not only does it create the feeling of “ease” but its free as well.

]]> By: Chris from Serron serviced offices and virtual offices in Australia http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-50552 Chris from Serron serviced offices and virtual offices in Australia Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:20:33 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-50552 The application I use is Open Office and I have been able to do everything I need for the past two years without a problem. The application I use is Open Office and I have been able to do everything I need for the past two years without a problem.

]]> By: solidcolor http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-47345 solidcolor Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:31:31 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-47345 Nice list! only the Desktops-Distributions-Section could be shorter - or longer, (there are so many good distributions on earth!!!) ... and don't forget KDE if you are listing GNOME ... ];)[ Nice list!
only the Desktops-Distributions-Section could be shorter - or longer, (there are so many good distributions on earth!!!)

… and don’t forget KDE if you are listing GNOME …

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]]> By: WinnerLabel http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-26281 WinnerLabel Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:25:59 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-26281 Useful content. Useful content.

]]> By: Tac Eng http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-22360 Tac Eng Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:52:54 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-22360 Sometime we might need contribute some to open source. Sometime we might need contribute some to open source.

]]> By: Cosminus http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-20743 Cosminus Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:23:01 +0000 http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/linux-for-business-50-apps-to-get-your-office-on-open-source/#comment-20743 As an office worker in a small/medium distribution company I can say fom my experience that the most used application is Open Office. We were able to manage all the necessary tasks with OO and since 3 years we do not need anymore to use MS Office. The second most used application is Thunderbird which enable us to succesfully manage our customers/suppliers e-mails. With the addition of GIMP, we are able to fully accomplish our job related tasks. By using a friendly desktop OS like Fedora, we were also able to cut the costs of our running software at zero and the easy of use of all above keep our staff happy about the free software. What I want to say, is that for us it is possible to run our bussiness with free software. And we are doing this without problems. As an office worker in a small/medium distribution company I can say fom my experience that the most used application is Open Office. We were able to manage all the necessary tasks with OO and since 3 years we do not need anymore to use MS Office. The second most used application is Thunderbird which enable us to succesfully manage our customers/suppliers e-mails.
With the addition of GIMP, we are able to fully accomplish our job related tasks.
By using a friendly desktop OS like Fedora, we were also able to cut the costs of our running software at zero and the easy of use of all above keep our staff happy about the free software.
What I want to say, is that for us it is possible to run our bussiness with free software. And we are doing this without problems.

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