[Evolution] M$ Outlook => Evolution migration

[Raul Acevedo]

It makes me want to run screaming.  :)  I actually like OpenOffice, but:

1.  It's slow and bloated.  You'd have to guarantee I can have my mail
composition window up and ready just as fast as Evolution's.

2.  It would look weird.  OpenOffice doesn't use (I think) native GTK
widgets, so it would look a bit strange.  Also, the thought of loading
all those extra widget libraries makes me shudder.

However, I do like the idea of having more advanced editing
functionality.  Why not go with something like AbiWord instead, which is
faster and does use native widgets?

Raul

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 19:01 +0200, Sales Dept. Toltech Solutions wrote:
> Dear List, 
> 
> Toltech is a Linux software integrator for the SME market.
> In this respect we are migrating M$ users from outlook to evolution. 
> Upon training our users we noticed complaints about lack of certain
> composer features compared to MS Outlook, users in here use MS Word as
> there email composer.
> 
> These are for example, autotext, advanced dictionaries, fonts, personal
> preferences, etc, for outlook/word
> 
> Currently we evaluate OpenOffice as the closest replacement to MS Word
> Now we wish to hear your opinion to have OpenOffice as a plugin for
> Evolution, as a composer.
> 
> Basically we feel we should combine the best opensource software to
> obtain the best usable result in order to compete/replace current
> proprietary software. 
> 
> Kindly inform us your ideas etc. 
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> JP van der Kuijl 
> Marketing Manager 
> Toltech Solutions BV
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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