Written by ozthech at Lockergnome tells us a story on his problems with Open office (full article at http://www.lockergnome.com/oztech/2009/07/30/how-openoffice-probably-cost-me-a-job).
I remain on my idea: I really apreciate free software, but the standard is another one and if free software is not 200% compatible with the standard, it makes the alternative a non alternative because of lack of trust.
This post also as a comment at http://www.lockergnome.com/oztech/2009/07/30/how-openoffice-probably-cost-me-a-job/#comment-8057
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or
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