Hi,
Would like to second the statement that making money from Open Source is OK. If I can't make money from OpenOffice.org training, consulting, books, workbooks, then my bank gets very cranky and I have to do training or writing for other organizations. Just one of those economic facts of life.
I wanted to mention something about office suite users that is perhaps slightly off topic but, I think, important, since it was definitely a surprise to me. I've done a lot of training and have learned a lot about who's using software. Many users, for instance, do not know how to save a file anywhere other than My Documents or home, and are new to Ctrl C for copy and the undo command. "Advanced" users frequently have never used styles in Writer. So I believe most people switching to OOo are not going to be looking for learning resources on the web site, learning the program on their own from the help files, or scouring the internet for free learning resources they need. They could, but this is not going to be as effective, and many groups are willing to pay for the help they need.
It's of course a good idea to make sure that people know that Ingots, or my workbooks, or any particular group creating OOo products, is just one group. That's just accuracy in marketing.
Regards,
Solveig Haugland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OpenOffice.org Training, Consulting, and Learning Materials "Making the Right Decision Easy"
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David wrote:
Hello,
I like to first say that its good to have diversity of opinion in the Open Source community. Open Source has been exclusively for (geeks and professionals) those people that have bothered to overcome the steep learning curve.
We have come a long way from just a short few years ago, but I have found one of the biggest problems int the Open Source community has been the impatience we have with others trying to learn Open Source tools.
I don't know how many forms I've read since the early 1990's
were people have been criticize harshly for asking obivious questions about Open Source tools.
First of all I don't see anything wrong with making money from Open Source
software/tools. The Open Source community needs to engage (educate) the youth.
And up until now I haven't seen anything out there that's comparable to theIngots.
theIngots gives the Open Source community a window to get to the young people and
show that Open Source software/tools are a strong and stable alternative to propritary software
(And it will eventually help bring down the prices of propritary software).
So, I think we need theIngots and any other legal way to get the attention of our young kids.
To spread the idea of Open Source is a good thing whether its commericial or not.
regards, David Bumgardner Jenkins, Kentucky
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