RE: My New OpenOffice.org tcolumn

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>]

Quoting John Posada <JPosada -at- isogon -dot- com>:


> Do you think our IT support departments are going to jump through hoops
> to integrate a new authoring application (and they will have to) because
> we like how X may be handled? OTOH, have the CIO tell IT "you WILL
> switch over" because to him, he's seen how it will save him money.

You're right, of course. 

In the case of OOo, it's really a no-brainer. Free software, free upgrade and 
free support should speak for themselves. The only possible costs are for a 
day's training, and even that can be dispensed with, since an MS Word user can 
find enough similarities to get up and running fairly quickly.

But, in practice, it's not that simple. Many executives don't trust the concept 
of free software, and keep looking for the catch. Others feel that they should 
stick with MS Office simply because that's what they know. Ignorance and habit 
are as least as strong factors in the decision than cost, no matter how 
rational people imagine themselves to be.

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