On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 15:50 +1300, Ian Laurenson wrote: [snip] > As a Marcon a business may approach me about using OOo, but would like > the level of support/stability that a large organisation can provide, > and/or the automatic conversion of Excel macros. At this point I have > become the point of contact for that company. To me it doesn't feel > very > professional to now say something like "You need StarOffice here is > the > URL". I would prefer to be able to show them some prepared > documentation > about the pros and cons of each suite for different situations and to > be > able to help them enter into a contract with Sun.
Now I understand - I think that's a perfectly sensible suggestion. However, I suspect you will find Sun's ability to sell / interest in selling StarOffice will vary from country to country. If the UK is anything to go by, they will probably point your prospect to a local VAR (unless you are talking to a large organisation). John --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
