[ILUG] opensource too costly for Irish gov

[ccostelloe at flogas.ie]

> I agree entirely, We need proper support for .docs, .xls etc. Its fine for
> basic stuff, but not quite ready for the big time.

Writer appears good enough in here in terms of interoperability with Word (especially given that there are interoperability issues with different versions of Word anyway).
 
> Powerpoint support is a bit gay aswell, but then again, powerpoint is only
> of use for pointless meetings and useless "training"

Replacing Powerpoint is a different matter, however - all timings and transitions are lost, making it a non-runner for collaberative editing of a presentation or running the presentation on someone else's system.  Sad days, I had to abandon using it here.

Ciaran