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Story: Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 2 November 2005, 12:52 PM)
It might save the cost of the MS Office licence, but what about the cost of retraining staff, redeveloping any systems that interact with MSO, convertng (and verifying) documents from MSO to whatever it is replaced with?
What about the cost of lost productivity as staff have to learn the new system and figure out work-arounds for any features they used in MSO not found in the suite it is replaced with?
What about the cost of replacing any staff who decide to leave for another position where they can maintain their skills in the Office suite with 90% of market share?
What about the cost of roll out and lost productiviy due to the difficulty in sharing files between those who have been migrated and those who have not?
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Story: Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
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The cost of dumping MSO? What a joker. Think of th... Richard Green -
It might save the cost of the MS Office licence, b... Anonymous -
Wouldn't MS-Office12 require a similiar learn... Chris Rankin -
I see this has brought out the usual collecti... pgn
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Isn't it true that MS 12 will only work with VISTA... Oldator
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Some (political) friends of Microsoft have been br... Arthur B.
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