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The system requirements for CPS 12 include Office 2010/2013. Does anyone know if Office 365 would be an acceptable substitute?
Thanks,
Justin
Posted : September 3, 2014 8:13 am
Office 2013 may be ok for CPS, but if you use Centricity Analytics, GE only supports Office 2010. I trialed it and almost pulled the trigger when I found that out. And the other issue is that even if GE supports the latest 365 version (2013) now, when Microsoft updates 365 to a new version, you will most likely have it before GE will support it.
Jake
Posted : September 3, 2014 9:15 am
hinks2000 said:
Office 2013 may be ok for CPS, but if you use Centricity Analytics, GE only supports Office 2010. I trialed it and almost pulled the trigger when I found that out. And the other issue is that even if GE supports the latest 365 version (2013) now, when Microsoft updates 365 to a new version, you will most likely have it before GE will support it.
Jake
I think Office 365 upgrades are automatic, mandatory and can not be rolled back.
Any hope for Libre Office support in CPS or Analytics?
Posted : September 8, 2014 3:20 am
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Thanks Jake and tnc, I think the automatic upgrade feature of Office 365 is a legitimate concern.
tnc - I think the dependency on MS Office is rooted in the use of interop files to export things from CPS to Office-formatted documents. It looks like Libre Office has its own version of interop but it would have to be targeted intentionally by CPS, it would not function as a drop-in substitute. Of course if you get the opportunity to test that theory we would be happy to hear of any positive results. 
Justin
Posted : September 9, 2014 7:48 am
justinbelcher said:
Thanks Jake and tnc, I think the automatic upgrade feature of Office 365 is a legitimate concern.
tnc - I think the dependency on MS Office is rooted in the use of interop files to export things from CPS to Office-formatted documents. It looks like Libre Office has its own version of interop but it would have to be targeted intentionally by CPS, it would not function as a drop-in substitute. Of course if you get the opportunity to test that theory we would be happy to hear of any positive results.
Justin
No reason to test as I know it will not work. I was just trying to openly suggest to GE and other vendors that Libre Office (an open standards based suite) would be preferable to a proprietary solution from MS. We use Libre Office internally where possible but CPS forces my hand of extra licensing costs and related licensing headaches.
I wonder where GE stands on the Office 365 issue. It is Bill Gates's dream to get us in the habit of renting software with a yearly or monthly fee. I like to avoid the 3 year or so cycle of a $40,000 transfer of funds to Microsoft if I can.
Posted : September 10, 2014 12:51 am
