[QCLUG] Linux VS MS

[Mike Robinson]

What I've found is it always comes down to price.  People are always
surprised (and excited) when I recommend open office - free sells!

Once the user base is built (and large enough) you can demand
compatibility, which is still the short fall for open office.

Government acceptance would help to.  I work for the DoD and there is
still a stigma associated with open source software that would be nice
to break, as its my tax dollars being spent as well.

Mike

On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 17:15 -0700, RK wrote:
> Unfortunately the sheer momentum of the masses may
> still carry MS's format into another defacto standard.
> 
> How can we make the non-technical users understand the
> importance of the decision?
> 
> Ron
> 
> --- "McKnight, Lee" <LMcKnight@bandag.com> wrote:
> 
> > Excellent article Jack!
> > 
> > Regards, Mac.......... 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: qclug-bounces@qclug.org
> > [mailto:qclug-bounces@qclug.org] On Behalf
> > Of Jack
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:17 AM
> > To: qclug@qclug.org
> > Subject: [QCLUG] Linux VS MS
> > 
> > Thought you all may like to see this.
> > 
> >
> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20180301
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > All for now
> > Jack
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