On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 17:47 -0500, BandiPat wrote:
On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Tuesday 2007-12-11 at 09:34 -0600, Bryen wrote:
A couple of months later, she called me complaining that OpenOffice was too cumbersome and her daughter was complaining that she didn't understand it because everything she learned in her elementary school computer class taught MS Word. We had a little bit of a heated discussion, and I told her that a) she can't afford MS Office anyway and
That argument doesn't hold in some places, unfortunately. People here are convinced Windows is free, as in beer, and if it doesn't come included free, you just get a "pirate" copy from anybody. In the end, free.
I simply can not convince anybody here to use linux or even OOo with the price argument, I loose. Windows software is free. And, if you are in a business, the boss pays, and as the boss is by definition always rich, so it is of no consequence, it is free. And you can borrow a copy for home, too.
:-(
The rest of the possible arguments are then moot. It is more difficult, it doesn't have all the whistles, it is not serious, it is not compatible (!), etc. The best argument in my armory, freedom and zero license cost being useless to them, the rest is moot.
(Don't argue with me, I'm all for OOo... the problem is "them")
So I remain "the freak" of the group.
-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
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Simple solution to that problem. A call to the BSA to alert them to the company letting this happen. Watch how quickly they lock it down or change once a few fines are levied.
Lee
You guys are all missing the point of my anecdote since Carlos snipped out the last part of my original posting. In the end, while my friend disagreed with me that she would ever have to use OpenOffice, one year later, her employer mandated that she and everyone else in her company use OpenOffice. So, the "resistance is futile" quip that Carlos always refers to is quite relevant here. Resistance to OpenOffice is futile. :-) -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org