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> -----Original Message----- > From: katie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [users] How to get off the mailing list? > > PLEASE TAKE ME OFF THE MAILING LIST!- OR DOES ANYONE KNOW > HOW??? TOo many messages for my box! > THank You, > > > > On Sep 20, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Terence W C Warby wrote: > > > I would have thought that working in a small business would > have made > > it easier to adopt alternatives to M$ software. I work in a > business > > with about 17 full time personnel. Up to two years ago we > had to work > > with a motley collection of PC's running on Win 95, 98 and > Me, using > > various versions of M$ Office. When our Director decided to > update our > > network and buy new machines he asked me to manage the job. > Although I > > didn't manage to eliminate M$ software entirely, we are > running on Win > > XP, there is no M$ office software on any of our PC's. The > transition > > to OpenOffice.org was quick, painless and very cost > effective. All I > > had to do was show that OOo could do the jobs we wanted > done, that it > > could read any M$ documents that we had already produced and could > > produce M$ format documents if required by a client. Job done - No > > problem. > > > > Terry W > > > > Ross Bernheim wrote: > >> Derek, > >> > >> In small businesses there are as many if not more impediments to > >> adopting alternatives such as Open Office. I work in a small > >> company. > >> When I started, there were two of us, the owner and myself. > >> > >> His is a MS Windows, MS Office, Publisher, etc. user. I > am primarily > >> a Mac user and to some extent Linux user. The owner got an > IBM laptop > >> with XP Home. He got an IBM desktop with XP Home for the part time > >> receptionist/ office person. I used an old Mac from home initially > >> with Word Perfect for the Mac. > >> > >> When I outgrew the old Mac, I got an eMac for work as it > was the only > >> one that would fit under the riser for the workbench where > it was to > >> be located and it was the least expensive. Boss offered to get MS > >> Office for it and I said no. I put Open Office on it and have been > >> very happy with it. > >> > >> As we expanded and added a full time office person and another > >> production person, MS continued to dominate. I did get the office > >> person and other production person to put OOo on their > machines and > >> they use it some of the time. Particularly when MS Word > won't print > >> and OOo does. > >> > >> Boss still won't deal with other than MS Office. > >> > >> On the back end, I did get him to go for a Samba server running on > >> Linux. > >> Took an old $30 PII 266 machine and added a 160GB drive and Debian > >> Linux for an inexpensive and reliable file server. > >> > >> We have added 2 machines that are MS Windows XP based > because we need > >> to run software that only works under Windows. These have been EDA > >> software and PLM software. The EDA machine also has Office on it > >> since that is what the people who use it are used to. The > PLM server > >> is running on a machine that is in my area and also runs > an instance > >> of the PLM client software. I have OOo on it instead of Office. So > >> far the only problem is that the PLM software expects MS > Office so I > >> cannot import Excel files into the PLM database without > it. It means > >> that I have to convert the file to a text file and import > that way. A > >> minor annoyance but not a showstopper as I do not need to > import too > >> many files that way. > >> > >> The interesting thing is that the office admin person tried OOo at > >> home and found that it was easier to just use MS Word to > trade files > >> with the people in college classes she is taking. The production > >> person uses OOo and not MS Word at home. > >> > >> It will be a long hard ongoing effort to unseat MS Windows > or any of > >> the MS Office components from their dominant position. I have a > >> number of computers at home and all have OOo not MS Office > on them. > >> So I am a 'success story' but many others are not there yet. > >> > >> Certainly small businesses are a good place to put forth > the effort > >> to make them aware of the advantages of OOo. Expecting a high > >> percentage of them to either use or switch to OOo is > unrealistic at > >> this point. Working towards having a greater awareness of OOo and > >> higher adoption rates is very realistic. > >> > >> > >> Ross Bernheim > >> > >> > >> On Sep 19, 2006, at 17:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> I think some of the greatest opportunities for software > >>> alternatives like Open Office and Linux exist in small business, > >>> where the entrepreneurial spirits are highest and budgets are > >>> lowest. Workers there are more likely to make an extra effort to > >>> learn new things and challenge the status quo for their own sakes. > >>> > >>> Derek Wilson > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >> additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
