David McSpadden wrote:
Well worded. In my transition I am exclusively putting on new builds of our
workstations and if someone has old doc's that are not opening up in Writer
or otherwise I am getting them a copy of Word or otherwise and having them
find what didn't translate. Then I am asking them to research in the Help
and lists like this what can be done in Open Office to make their doc's
correct. It is a learning process for all but we stand to save a lot.
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Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [users] Cost for using Open Office for a business?
Christopher M. Bowers wrote:
Hi! Can you tell me, is there is any cost associated with the use of
Open Office software when being used by a business?
In terms of software licenses, there are no fees unless you happen to
actually buy the product off of somebody else, which is legal as well.
Now as to costs. . . and I am not one of those who believes in the total
cost of ownership bull, but you are moving people from one software
platform to another, so there might be a little retraining involved.
Most of it in my opinion is getting people over their nascent fear of
computers spread by media outlets that think of people as either morons
or nerds, but you probably should have a good plan for transition if you
are moving from one software suite to another.
Copy to OP as they are not subscribed.
I have to agree that TOC is an issue that leaves many unsure of the
concept. As for training, moving to Office 2007 can cost more in
training than OpenOffice because of the new interface and problems with
default file standards.
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