My suggestion is that you also open te window to the opportunities that the OOo Extension brings and also the support from other software like O3Spaces or Alfresco as they integrate for backend deployment.
Remember that OOo is strong and many other software connects for collaboration or just general writing tools. Instead of just saying is "free", you can say, is less expensive but we can also purchase support or use that money to work with OOo to develop new things. Also notice that sometimes you wrote "Open Office" or "OpenOffice", is OpenOffice.org. Also talk that in your experience you have seen this software improving each version, and they have portable versions to carry on USB keys. That OpenOffice.org are good to make PDF wiht Forms in case you need to send a questionaire to a client. Also point out the importance of Open standards and how OOo and ODF is important to a company, with better preservation of data. Point out the support level that we hold on Forums and mailing list and how fast is to get a response and finally the documentation that is widely available through OOoAuthors.org On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:36 PM, John Joseph<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Friends > I have drafted a mail to be used for me in sending for lobbying OO > implementation . I had made first copy of the mail . I want to keep this > “mail contents “ with accordance with GPL. So that it gets better . I have > cut and pasted the mail contents below , Please go through it . > Also please advice me on where to post so that others can modify it and use > it > Thanks > Joseph John > > ########################################################### > Dear Friend > It has been years since we both has used open office for our official and > personal needs, you will agree with me that so far we both are happy with it > . Now when I heard from you that there is a need for buying the MS office > license for our office needs ,I could say that it is not a wise decision . > What are the valid reason for us to go for MS office ? > People who lobby for MS says that users are comfortable with MS office, so we > need to buy and continue using MS office , When we observe this people we > can see that most of them have not even tried using OpenOffice . They think > OO is too difficult to work or too difficult to learn , It is only problem in > adjusting with the new environment . It seems a user will find less difficult > in migrating to OO than from 2003 to 2007 > > Another reason they point out is that all doc types are not opened it OO, > this opinion is also from ignorance ,OO can open all MS file format > irrespective of 2003 or 2007 . While we could see MS Office has problems in > opening files of other MS versions > > It is true some documents which has heavy macros find initial difficult in > OO , but this kind of documents are very less in an organization . Once > someone start using OO he could save the documents generated to DOC format . > In some worst case a re-editing of old docs could be done . > > We had covered the points of the MS-Office fans . Let us see why we should > not use MS-office > We should not be using it for the following reason > > Finance :- Licensing cost single MS-Office will come up to US$300, just > multiply with the no of users in our company , even though if we take only > half or quarter of the license then also when you sum up the amount it is too > high , How is it justified in spending such a big amount, isn't a complete > waste of money. Can't even imagine that we are forcing our self to spend a > big amount of money for nothing We could keep on saving if we can use OO. > All paranoid feelings of the users could be removed by giving them some kind > of in- house introduction classes . > > Vendor locking :- If we want to use MS-Office we need to use MS-OS , we are > getting trapped in a circle and as time goes we will be spending more and > more on the license fees and not able to use any other good product because > of this vendor locking , if we have better and reliable alternative why we > need to spend our money and get trapped ? . > > Future IT decisions get affected:- Using non-standard and proprietary > technology is some thing which will influence all future IT decision. We > could see around that responsible organization and Govt bodies are moving > towards open standards , they have already realized the future benefit in > using open standard product such as Open Office > > I have to agree with you that users may feel very different when they are > asked to switch to a different application. As mentioned we could boost up > the users confidence by > Create a good FAQ on how to use OO and post link to the portal > Create video tutorials on the OO and post link to the portal > Conducting weekly 1-2 hour training for people who need backing > Find and train some mentors in each department , if at all some users get > stuck they can avail of mentors help > > When I see the obstacles and paranoid feelings in implementing OO , It > comes to the mind how people in early 80 reacted when they were asked to use > computer . All most all the people who was working during those time were > paranoid in introduction of computers for work, They were afraid of so many > things , but very fast they got adapted to usage of PC . Similarly with > proper implementation we could move towards OO and in turn contribute more > towards saving all those license fees > Thanking you > Joseph John > > > > > > > > > > > > Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. > Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
