On Jun 29, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Paul Lussier wrote: > Lori Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Free software is for everyone, not just nerds and geeks. If >> someone can use Word, they can use free replacements such as >> OpenOffice.org. For companies, it does not make sense to spend >> money on proprietary software, especially when free replacements >> are already available. > > This is your particular opinion. However, many people use computers > to get a job done, and they have spent 15 or 20 *years* learning a > particular environment. It makes even *less* sense for them to throw > out that 15 or 20 years of experience using specific applications and > environments just because they may save a $100 or $200 dollars by > switching to a different application.
If that's the case then they wouldn't want to upgrade Office. The last three version have changed quite a bit. I would say the difference between Office 2000 and Office 2007 are much more dramatic than switching to OpenOffice for example. > > You don't have like it, agree with it, or condone it. But you do have > to accept that it is *their* choice, and being snarky towards them is > certainly not going to win them over to the "more enlightened" side. True, but I still stand by what I said (even more so after confirming that the job posting was done by a recruiting firm) that the job posting was put together by a goof that knows nothing about technology and if you sent them a RTF they wouldn't know the difference. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
