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    • Emad RE
      Emad R
      last edited by

      @emad-r said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

      epartment went nuts.

      I think if we looked it an another angle, if there is a true stable and opensource or free collaborate office server we can roll, Linux work great as thin client.

      I tried NextCloud with Collabora Code also Only Office Container but it is not the same.

      Nextcloud is amazing but the real time collaboration parts still need work on, give it a couple of years.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @dashrender said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @stacksofplates said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @dashrender said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

        What prevents them from using O365? It's generally one of the least expensive enterprise email solutions available.

        I think he means with full features

        What features would be missing? Email, calendaring, contacts, OneDrive, Sharepoint, Skype for Business, are all available on Linux in one form or another.

        Well specifically you left off all of the MS Office apps that can be installed locally. But I'm pretty sure it was Scott who said that WINE was originally created because someone wanted to run MS Office on Linux OSes

        What benefit does Microsoft Office provide to a Linux shop that LibreOffice doesn't provide?

        Libreoffice often requires conversion of the more complex office documents. If you can't seamlessly open them and have everything displayed correctly it's not very useful IMO. It's a little different if you're just starting your company and it starts as linux right in the beginning though.

        The topic was about a Linux shop. If we're talking about a mixed shop you have a point, although it's not as big of an issue lately as it has been in the past.

        They are likely to receive some type of office documentation via e-mail here so I'm considering that too

        Any received or sent document shouldn't be in a doc format. They should be sending, and expecting, documents in pdf.

        Bah I responded before I read the whole thread.

        Unbelievably, we get quotes that are in all the time in both xls and doc.

        I tried blocking doc/docx, etc at the spam filter and the world went into a tail spin!

        What kind of people are sending you quotes in collaboration formats? Do you modify the quotes to make them better before returning them? The use of a collaboration format implies that they want you to collaborate on the quote with them. Just alter however you see fit.

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
          last edited by DustinB3403

          @scottalanmiller said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @dashrender said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @stacksofplates said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @dashrender said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

          What prevents them from using O365? It's generally one of the least expensive enterprise email solutions available.

          I think he means with full features

          What features would be missing? Email, calendaring, contacts, OneDrive, Sharepoint, Skype for Business, are all available on Linux in one form or another.

          Well specifically you left off all of the MS Office apps that can be installed locally. But I'm pretty sure it was Scott who said that WINE was originally created because someone wanted to run MS Office on Linux OSes

          What benefit does Microsoft Office provide to a Linux shop that LibreOffice doesn't provide?

          Libreoffice often requires conversion of the more complex office documents. If you can't seamlessly open them and have everything displayed correctly it's not very useful IMO. It's a little different if you're just starting your company and it starts as linux right in the beginning though.

          The topic was about a Linux shop. If we're talking about a mixed shop you have a point, although it's not as big of an issue lately as it has been in the past.

          They are likely to receive some type of office documentation via e-mail here so I'm considering that too

          Any received or sent document shouldn't be in a doc format. They should be sending, and expecting, documents in pdf.

          Bah I responded before I read the whole thread.

          Unbelievably, we get quotes that are in all the time in both xls and doc.

          I tried blocking doc/docx, etc at the spam filter and the world went into a tail spin!

          What kind of people are sending you quotes in collaboration formats? Do you modify the quotes to make them better before returning them? The use of a collaboration format implies that they want you to collaborate on the quote with them. Just alter however you see fit.

          There was an issue of this where a guy received a credit card offer and he amended the contract to have a 0% interest rate, and a no-escape clause for the creditor.

          I'd have to find it but it was an interesting read.

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          • wirestyle22W
            wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
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            @dustinb3403 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @scottalanmiller said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @dashrender said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @stacksofplates said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @dashrender said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

            What prevents them from using O365? It's generally one of the least expensive enterprise email solutions available.

            I think he means with full features

            What features would be missing? Email, calendaring, contacts, OneDrive, Sharepoint, Skype for Business, are all available on Linux in one form or another.

            Well specifically you left off all of the MS Office apps that can be installed locally. But I'm pretty sure it was Scott who said that WINE was originally created because someone wanted to run MS Office on Linux OSes

            What benefit does Microsoft Office provide to a Linux shop that LibreOffice doesn't provide?

            Libreoffice often requires conversion of the more complex office documents. If you can't seamlessly open them and have everything displayed correctly it's not very useful IMO. It's a little different if you're just starting your company and it starts as linux right in the beginning though.

            The topic was about a Linux shop. If we're talking about a mixed shop you have a point, although it's not as big of an issue lately as it has been in the past.

            They are likely to receive some type of office documentation via e-mail here so I'm considering that too

            Any received or sent document shouldn't be in a doc format. They should be sending, and expecting, documents in pdf.

            Bah I responded before I read the whole thread.

            Unbelievably, we get quotes that are in all the time in both xls and doc.

            I tried blocking doc/docx, etc at the spam filter and the world went into a tail spin!

            What kind of people are sending you quotes in collaboration formats? Do you modify the quotes to make them better before returning them? The use of a collaboration format implies that they want you to collaborate on the quote with them. Just alter however you see fit.

            There was an issue of this where a guy received a credit card offer and he amended the contract to have a 0% interest rate, and a no-escape clause for the creditor.

            I'd have to find it but it was an interesting read.

            Def link it if you find it. I'd be interested to read that

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
              last edited by

              @wirestyle22 Here ya go

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
                last edited by

                @stacksofplates said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                @dustinb3403 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                So the topic specifically was using Office365 via web, not with the install-able option. Of course a business would be able to take that route, but is there a good reason to do so when Office365 does as good of a job as it does?

                Would a business opt to use a different solution entirely?

                Zoho has all of that also. So most likely they would use O365/Zoho/G-Suite

                Or Amazon, right?

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  @dustinb3403 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                  @wirestyle22 Here ya go

                  Good memory!

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                  • coliverC
                    coliver @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                    @stacksofplates said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                    @dustinb3403 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                    So the topic specifically was using Office365 via web, not with the install-able option. Of course a business would be able to take that route, but is there a good reason to do so when Office365 does as good of a job as it does?

                    Would a business opt to use a different solution entirely?

                    Zoho has all of that also. So most likely they would use O365/Zoho/G-Suite

                    Or Amazon, right?

                    Forgot about Amazon's offering. https://aws.amazon.com/enterprise-applications/

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                      @dustinb3403 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                      @wirestyle22 Here ya go

                      Good memory!

                      At times. . . other times I can't remember what I had for dinner. . .

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                      • stacksofplatesS
                        stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                        @stacksofplates said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                        @dustinb3403 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                        So the topic specifically was using Office365 via web, not with the install-able option. Of course a business would be able to take that route, but is there a good reason to do so when Office365 does as good of a job as it does?

                        Would a business opt to use a different solution entirely?

                        Zoho has all of that also. So most likely they would use O365/Zoho/G-Suite

                        Or Amazon, right?

                        Forgot about it. I've never talked to anyone that uses it so I always forget.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @dashrender said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @stacksofplates said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @dashrender said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @wirestyle22 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          @coliver said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                          What prevents them from using O365? It's generally one of the least expensive enterprise email solutions available.

                          I think he means with full features

                          What features would be missing? Email, calendaring, contacts, OneDrive, Sharepoint, Skype for Business, are all available on Linux in one form or another.

                          Well specifically you left off all of the MS Office apps that can be installed locally. But I'm pretty sure it was Scott who said that WINE was originally created because someone wanted to run MS Office on Linux OSes

                          What benefit does Microsoft Office provide to a Linux shop that LibreOffice doesn't provide?

                          Libreoffice often requires conversion of the more complex office documents. If you can't seamlessly open them and have everything displayed correctly it's not very useful IMO. It's a little different if you're just starting your company and it starts as linux right in the beginning though.

                          The topic was about a Linux shop. If we're talking about a mixed shop you have a point, although it's not as big of an issue lately as it has been in the past.

                          They are likely to receive some type of office documentation via e-mail here so I'm considering that too

                          Any received or sent document shouldn't be in a doc format. They should be sending, and expecting, documents in pdf.

                          Bah I responded before I read the whole thread.

                          Unbelievably, we get quotes that are in all the time in both xls and doc.

                          I tried blocking doc/docx, etc at the spam filter and the world went into a tail spin!

                          What kind of people are sending you quotes in collaboration formats? Do you modify the quotes to make them better before returning them? The use of a collaboration format implies that they want you to collaborate on the quote with them. Just alter however you see fit.

                          /sigh - I know.. it's pathetic!

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @DustinB3403
                            last edited by

                            @dustinb3403 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                            @wirestyle22 Here ya go

                            Wow - it would be nice to know what they paid him. He had precedent that the contract was valid because of the earlier case.

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                              last edited by

                              @dashrender said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                              @dustinb3403 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                              @wirestyle22 Here ya go

                              Wow - it would be nice to know what they paid him. He had precedent that the contract was valid because of the earlier case.

                              Right? Only 6 million ruples. . . he could've forced the bank to close. . . lol.

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                              • travisdh1T
                                travisdh1 @JaredBusch
                                last edited by

                                @jaredbusch said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                                Skimmed entire thread because, WTF.

                                Seriously, what does the OS have to do with the choice of O365?

                                Obviously if you cannot run the desktop apps, then there is no reason to pay for a subscription that includes them, but that has nothing to do with the rest of the features of O365 or any other solution such as GStuite.

                                You buy the solution that fits your needs. O365 has many packages that give you features without the desktop applications.

                                I feel a disturbance in the force @JaredBusch posted on this thread without using that phrase.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @travisdh1
                                  last edited by

                                  @travisdh1 said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                                  @jaredbusch said in If a business were all linux would they use Office 365:

                                  Skimmed entire thread because, WTF.

                                  Seriously, what does the OS have to do with the choice of O365?

                                  Obviously if you cannot run the desktop apps, then there is no reason to pay for a subscription that includes them, but that has nothing to do with the rest of the features of O365 or any other solution such as GStuite.

                                  You buy the solution that fits your needs. O365 has many packages that give you features without the desktop applications.

                                  I feel a disturbance in the force @JaredBusch posted on this thread without using that phrase.

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