Exact Globe compatible with OOo?

[HenkOonk]

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Exact Globe is a (primarily) accounting software application in the Netherlands and USA (but also in other copuntries in the world), their software interacts with MS Office and they claim it cannot interact that closely with OpenOffice. Does anybody know about whether this is true or is this a statement from a Microsoft preferred partner?

Kind regards,
Henk Oonk

[acknak]

It sounds like you think they don't know their own product.

OOo tries to be compatible with MS Office from the user's point of view, but the two office suites are completely different 'under the hood' -- how they're designed and how they work internally. I think it's safe to say that any third-party product that's designed to integrate with MS Office will not work with OOo unless some re-engineering is done.

In any case, it's never a bad idea to ask a vendor to support OOo, especially if it makes you a potential customer.

[TheGurkha]

For a company to make a statement like that, it probably means they are sick of replying to direct questions along the lines of 'Will it work with openOffice.org?'. So, like Acknak, I would say the answer is no.

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[feast]

Dutch reaction on compatibility

Geachte heer ...,


Naar aanleiding van uw verzoek via onze website, willen wij u als volgt informeren:


Op dit moment zijn er geen plannen om Exact compatible te maken met OpenOffice en ondersteunt Exact alleen de Microsoft programmatuur.


Wij vertrouwen erop u hiermee voldoende te hebben geïnformeerd. Voor vragen en/of nadere toelichting kunt u contact opnemen met ondergetekende.


Met vriendelijke groet,

Exact Software Nederland B.V.



Jerney Kuijler
Sales Support
jerney.kuijler@exact.nl

[Phil]

For those who do not understand dutch (for myself it works quite well, as I know both English and German, and Dutch being a mixture of both *SCNR* ):
Here's an automatic translation by Google:

Sir ...,

In response to your request through our website, we want to inform you as follows:
At this moment there are no plans to make Exact compatible with OpenOffice and Exact only supports the Microsoft software.
We trust you enough to have informed. For questions and / or further clarification, please contact the undersigned.

Best regards,
Exact Software Nederland B.V.

So it is exactly like expected.

Regards, phil

[acknak]

Disappointing for sure, but it's still a good idea to ask. At least they know there are potential customers who are interested.