On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20/04/2010 21:46, NoOp wrote: >> >> However, if you want the ODF plugin, here's the minimum: >> >> * Oracle ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office (Application User; >> Perpetual) >> * $9,000.00 >> * Quantity: 100. >> * >> First Year Support $1,980.00 >> >> Total items: 1 $10,980.00 >> >> So it's actually $11K because first year support seems to be required; >> you can't opt out of the support part on the order page. >> >> > > That's a REALLY REALLY STUPID marketing decision. Seeing that the MS Office > 2007 SP2 "implementation" of ODF is broken, the only way of ensuring that an > ODF document opens correctly in MS Office 2007 is by using the plugin. > Do they WANT to convert people from MS Office or what? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
I think their mind is on be able to price something to sell to their clients. AFAIK I think they are choosing OOo adoption over ODF adoption. -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español http://es.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
