On 10/19/05, Tom Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Let me explain how keeping an existing <snip> office suite) would indeed > cost less than <snip> OpenOffice.org. > > > >1) The existing infrastructure is already in place.
<snip> This can be handled by cascading servers to upgrade software > automatically if the network is set up properly. It will still take some time. That means some money. Some money is more than no money. No money is how much it cost to leave the current system in place. $0.01 > $0. No matter how *little* it costs, it will always cost more than nothing. >2) The existing training has already taken place. <snip> I think most of us have suffered the > "slings and arrows" of progress impeded by ignorance and stubbornness. <snip> folks who are "heads down" Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc." users should > not be forced to change <snip> It's unreasonable to expect people to change in these cases. <snip> it is terribly unproductive and excruciatingly > frustrating for them. Then you can see why switching would cost money. In training or in loss of productivity. I was responding to your statement: "It is quite unbelievable that acquiring OOo would not bring down the TCO significantly." It would raise the TCO when opposed to remaining office suite. Raising the TCO by anything is definately not bringing down the TCO significantly. The time to switch to OOo is when you were planning on switching to something else anyway. If that is from MSO 97 to MSO 2003, or from MSO 2003 to MSO Vista, or from Lotus SmartSuite 98 to WordPerfect Office 12 , or even StarOffice 7 to StarOffice 8. The point is, switching from anything to anything will cost money. Switching to OOo should cost *less* because there are no liscense fees. There may be some additional costs by switching to OOo instead of the next version of whatever you're using due to things like Macros. Thank you. You just gave me an idea for a start up venture. What the > world needs now is a macro translator! Go for it! You'll make money, and you'll help promote OOo! I wish you nothing but success. -Chad Smith
