Comment 10 for bug 330366

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studavis (studavis-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 330366] Re: [upstream] [3.1] OO 3.0 writer - tables corrupted

Thanks for trying to move this forward, we need to get the basic right
before tackling the business world. 90% of users use 25% of Word
functionality (a guess but I'm sure it's true!). If we can get that 25%
working well thats all we can ask!

cheers

Best Regards

Stuart Davis

icarus wrote:
> There seems to be no coments for a month, so I thought it would be good
> to emphasize this - it's a *showstopper* for the whole distribution in a
> business enviroment.
>
> It is unacceptable for an office suite to behave in such a manner -
> Linux still hasn't conquered the business world and files need to be
> exchanged with m$ office users. If we want any uptake in business use
> bugs like this need to never happen, ever!
>
> But it is happening, and still no fix. If we cannot wait for upstream to
> fix it and/or backport a fix, then package OpenOffice 2.4 and give users
> the option to downgrade... or better yet, make 2.4 the default and if
> someone lives on an island and doesn't need to create doc files he can
> install 3.0.1 in it's current state...
>
>