RE: My New OpenOffice.org tcolumn

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

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

 
> But it ISN'T a no-brainer. For an IT department to allow the
> enterprise-wide deployment of a suite of applications, there is a
> substantial infrastructure cost. It has to be integrated into the
> environment, with all the issues such as program associations, security,
> disaster recovery, incident knowlegebases, phone support, and too many
> other elements to list here. There is a cost, and it better be more than
> off-set by savings...real, live, qualifiyable / quantifiable savings.

No argument from me on all these needs. I should have mentioned them.

However, you win here, too. One of the reason that people who are in charge of 
infrastructure are so often those pushing for companies to use it is that 
integration is much easier when you can see the code for yourself. Another is 
that many of the resources you need are already available, so you don't have to 
duplicate the work.

Obviously, any transition needs to be organized. That's elementary. But the 
decision to make the transition - that's the no-brainer I was talking about.

-- 
Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604-421.7177

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