LibreOffice Online
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Now consider that the functionality we are talking about is only with the higher end packages, it is something like $8.50/user for SMB and is $16 on E3. So for a 100 person business as are talking about $1,600/mo in savings.
For the features, are you talking about the local install of LibreOffice? that you get with the higher levels.. OK that's true, now those prices make more sense.
That's what this thread is about specifically
I thought this thread was specifically about a hosted only version of LibreOffice, just like the SMB $5 version of O365 is just a hosted version of Office apps.
Ah you are correct. I remembered them adding that in 2011 and thought that this was more. Although to do what they are saying, it seems that it is likely that they will have to develop a document store solution as well. Maybe we will get both at once.
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@scottalanmiller Agreed, Not really sure how you can have one without the other and have it be super user friendly.
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@Dashrender Hopefully we get it so that we can do online editing and use local applications to edit remotely hosted files. Would be a massive win for the LibreOffice community.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender Hopefully we get it so that we can do online editing and use local applications to edit remotely hosted files. Would be a massive win for the LibreOffice community.
Definitely, and another business opportunity.
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@Dashrender You keep pushing the $5 Office Business Essentials plan. Have you used it? As I posted in another thread, it seem rather limited to me when it comes to working with documents in the online versions.
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It is limited, sure, but how limited? are you talking about users who live eat and breath Office apps? sure those people will hate online versions. But I only have 3 of those people in my office. The rest of my office can get away with the online only version. I'll buy 3 $12.50 licenses with full local Office and save the money on the rest.
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So yesterday we announced that we're working with Collabora on this. They were already working on this (sssht, secret) and when the cat went out of the bag, as linked by the topic poster, they hired the guys who did the work on that one to keep them from ruining the fun
Some time next year (not before summer!), there'll be a product based on this. Awesome features like collaborative editing are coming, too, this wasn't really meant to be advertised before January (FOSDEM!) but, well, the students-who-are-now-hired started the fire early.
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That's some awesome news @jospoortvliet
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Now that's awesome. Can't wait to get this with LibreOffice and ownCloud. That will certainly be a game changer!
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender You keep pushing the $5 Office Business Essentials plan. Have you used it? As I posted in another thread, it seem rather limited to me when it comes to working with documents in the online versions.
It's definitely limited, but for very simple stuff it works great. Like simple editing and printing.
Also, the bump from $4 exchange-only to $5 SMB Essentials also gets you a ton of ODfB space. Worth it probably.
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@BRRABill said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender You keep pushing the $5 Office Business Essentials plan. Have you used it? As I posted in another thread, it seem rather limited to me when it comes to working with documents in the online versions.
It's definitely limited, but for very simple stuff it works great. Like simple editing and printing.
Also, the bump from $4 exchange-only to $5 SMB Essentials also gets you a ton of ODfB space. Worth it probably.
If you follow along and find the other thread I referenced, you will find that the issue was referring to is the ability for Sharepoint Team site documents to be opened in Excel online. The issue itself turns out to be that it only works with XLSX files in the team site, where the ODfB location can open XLS or XLSX files.
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@JaredBusch said:
If you follow along and find the other thread I referenced, you will find that the issue was referring to is the ability for Sharepoint Team site documents to be opened in Excel online. The issue itself turns out to be that it only works with XLSX files in the team site, where the ODfB location can open XLS or XLSX files.
I don't think what I posted disagrees with you.
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@JaredBusch said:
@BRRABill said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender You keep pushing the $5 Office Business Essentials plan. Have you used it? As I posted in another thread, it seem rather limited to me when it comes to working with documents in the online versions.
It's definitely limited, but for very simple stuff it works great. Like simple editing and printing.
Also, the bump from $4 exchange-only to $5 SMB Essentials also gets you a ton of ODfB space. Worth it probably.
If you follow along and find the other thread I referenced, you will find that the issue was referring to is the ability for Sharepoint Team site documents to be opened in Excel online. The issue itself turns out to be that it only works with XLSX files in the team site, where the ODfB location can open XLS or XLSX files.
Yeah I recall us discovering that inconsistency. It's one good way to PUSH people to save those documents as the new format.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@BRRABill said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender You keep pushing the $5 Office Business Essentials plan. Have you used it? As I posted in another thread, it seem rather limited to me when it comes to working with documents in the online versions.
It's definitely limited, but for very simple stuff it works great. Like simple editing and printing.
Also, the bump from $4 exchange-only to $5 SMB Essentials also gets you a ton of ODfB space. Worth it probably.
If you follow along and find the other thread I referenced, you will find that the issue was referring to is the ability for Sharepoint Team site documents to be opened in Excel online. The issue itself turns out to be that it only works with XLSX files in the team site, where the ODfB location can open XLS or XLSX files.
Yeah I recall us discovering that inconsistency. It's one good way to PUSH people to save those documents as the new format.
Ain't there a GPO for that? lol
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@art_of_shred said:
@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@BRRABill said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender You keep pushing the $5 Office Business Essentials plan. Have you used it? As I posted in another thread, it seem rather limited to me when it comes to working with documents in the online versions.
It's definitely limited, but for very simple stuff it works great. Like simple editing and printing.
Also, the bump from $4 exchange-only to $5 SMB Essentials also gets you a ton of ODfB space. Worth it probably.
If you follow along and find the other thread I referenced, you will find that the issue was referring to is the ability for Sharepoint Team site documents to be opened in Excel online. The issue itself turns out to be that it only works with XLSX files in the team site, where the ODfB location can open XLS or XLSX files.
Yeah I recall us discovering that inconsistency. It's one good way to PUSH people to save those documents as the new format.
Ain't there a GPO for that? lol
Only for setting the default save option - not for converting.
I.e. if you open an old version, you can save to that old version with no extra prompts.
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@Dashrender said:
It is limited, sure, but how limited? are you talking about users who live eat and breath Office apps? sure those people will hate online versions. But I only have 3 of those people in my office. The rest of my office can get away with the online only version. I'll buy 3 $12.50 licenses with full local Office and save the money on the rest.
Can you move those O365 licenses around? Or are they tied to the user?
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What do you mean?
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@BRRABill said:
@Dashrender said:
It is limited, sure, but how limited? are you talking about users who live eat and breath Office apps? sure those people will hate online versions. But I only have 3 of those people in my office. The rest of my office can get away with the online only version. I'll buy 3 $12.50 licenses with full local Office and save the money on the rest.
Can you move those O365 licenses around? Or are they tied to the user?
Do you mean can I move those three licenses I buy?
They are tied to the user. They can only be used by the three employees who I purchase the full install for.
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@BRRABill said:
@Dashrender said:
It is limited, sure, but how limited? are you talking about users who live eat and breath Office apps? sure those people will hate online versions. But I only have 3 of those people in my office. The rest of my office can get away with the online only version. I'll buy 3 $12.50 licenses with full local Office and save the money on the rest.
Can you move those O365 licenses around? Or are they tied to the user?
Well.... that's a weird thing to ask, really. Sure you can move them around, but why? What's your goal here?
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@Dashrender said:
They are tied to the user. They can only be used by the three employees who I purchase the full install for.
Pretty sure that if someone comes to NTG and I leave that they don't have to, by license, delete my account and create a new one (especially as the pricing is identical) but the new employee is able to assume my identity and keep using my accounts as if they were me.
Why? I have no idea why someone would do this. But I believe that you CAN.
