Maria Winslow a Ãcrit :
There can be a lot of guessing here, so having a realistic assessment of the costs of migration is very important. If you take the time to investigate how many macros you actually have and what it would cost to transition, then you can show management a cost per seat of NOT transitioning. Take the following scenario, for example:
- 200 licenses for Office at a cost of $66,000 (approximate OEM cost)
- 10 macros that will cost a total of $20,000 to transition
- A necessary upgrade that will cost just slightly more to deploy OO.o vs. Office (internal deployment, let's say $5000 for added time to deploy)
So the total savings is $41,000 if you transition to OO.o.
This means that the cost of KEEPING THE STATUS QUO is $205 per seat. The question to then ask management is - is this worth it? Are we getting an extra $205 per seat in value by sticking with the status quo?
The status co cost is much higher in fact - you have to update every few years, budget for licence audits, etc.
All the people that had the misfortune of dealing with the licensing enforcing racket know sometimes it's much cheaper to buy new licences for every seat than try to prove you are entitled to all the MS software you bought years/months before and haven't tracked since.
Contrast it with "we're using oo.o, go abuse someone else;)"
Regards,
-- Nicolas Mailhot
