Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility 2

All,

I agree with many  to a large extent.

You can't expect business to be smart enough or even care
enough to act in the best interest of their customers.  The
right thing is never thoroughly examined, much less even
considered, and the paying user is thereby cheated.

Glenn

inOn 4/19/11 7:08 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
> On 4/19/11 4:57 AM, timi@iafrica.com wrote:
>
> > You simply cannot expect a commercial concern who have already spent 
> > a fortune on MS
> > licences to download and use LibO just because I want to send them an 
> > non-standard slide
> > show. They won't change therefore if I want the business I have 
> > to.... end of story.
>
> This is generally my thought/point about MS and the lack of 
> willingness of big business to abandon Windows XP for Vista and/or 
> Windows 7.
>
> If you want a business to change to a different OS and/or software 
> package, you are going to have to provide something business sees as a 
> smart, cost effective change.
>
> Being free just doesn't cut it, since that doesn't take into the 
> account the number of paid manhours it would take to make the swap, a 
> swap which would include training, and being able to access years of 
> company records.
>
> Ken

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