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From: Gordon Burgess-Parker on 20 Apr 2010 16:59 On 20/04/2010 21:46, NoOp wrote: > > However, if you want the ODF plugin, here's the minimum: > > * Oracle ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office (Application User; Perpetual) > * $9,000.00 > * Quantity: 100. > * > First Year Support $1,980.00 > > Total items: 1 $10,980.00 > > So it's actually $11K because first year support seems to be required; > you can't opt out of the support part on the order page. > > That's a REALLY REALLY STUPID marketing decision. Seeing that the MS Office 2007 SP2 "implementation" of ODF is broken, the only way of ensuring that an ODF document opens correctly in MS Office 2007 is by using the plugin. Do they WANT to convert people from MS Office or what? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org
From: RA Brown on 20 Apr 2010 17:26
Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > That's a REALLY REALLY STUPID marketing decision. Seeing that the MS > Office 2007 SP2 "implementation" of ODF is broken, the only way of > ensuring that an ODF document opens correctly in MS Office 2007 is by > using the plugin. > Do they WANT to convert people from MS Office or what? > Gordon, From a lot of what I have seen it looks like Oracle is trying to kill OpenOffice.org, since M$ could not do it. :( --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org |