Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Obstacles to ODF adoption

On 10/28/2010 04:21 PM, Drew Jensen wrote:

> > Religious organizations are another are where costs and document portability might not be a 
> > major concern because everyone is using the

Small non-profits tend to have big issues with compatibility, because
they typically use old software that is no longer supported.

Those microsoft grants are not all that they are cracked up to be. So
much so, that even with a grant, the costs involved in complying with
the terms of the grant are such, that the organization would be better
off refusing the grant.

> > same thing so there are no problems 

> have met many people from small congregations in the forums

One of the big hurdles that FLOSS advocates have to face, when trying to
migrate religious organizations to FLOSS, is the lack of usable software
that is functionally equivalent to their (usually pirated) Windows product.

The significant software there is the one that handles membership data,
scheduling, sermon preparation, service co-ordination, lyric
presentation, and any number of church stuff that nobody but the church
secretary, the board of elders, and the pastor know about.

jonathon
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