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Kai Hendry wrote: > On 2006-07-12T01:23+0100 John Daragon wrote: >> As for Web-based office automation ? OK for amateurs. How anyone who a) >> values their data and b)is interested in user experience can think that >> running complex code on shared remote processors is sensible when they >> could run it on an unshared local one is, frankly, beyond me. > > With Web based tools I think a user is more aware of their "data". It's > not just something that sits in their 'My Documents' for some trojan to > trash. It's also probably going to be much safer on a 'Gdisk'. I'm not worried about data integrity. My (and my customers') documents are about as secure in that regard as its possible for data to be. What I *am* worried about is data security. Our documents on someone else's disks ? I refer you to the amateur statement above. > > User experience? Can you argue Outlook has a better user experience than > Gmail? Absolutely. > Complex code and Office applications go hand in hand. In fact I would > argue Windows source base is probably the most complex code around. Look > at their docx spec and compare that to ODF. Trust your data to that > model do you? Oh, yes. As it happens. jd -- John Daragon argv[0] limited Lambs Lawn Cottage, Staple Fitzpaine, Taunton, TA3 5SL, UK v +44 (0) 1460 234068 f +44 (0) 1460 234069 m +44 (0) 7836 576127 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html