Re: [Marketing] High migration costs holding back Linux

[Tony Pursell]

On 4 Apr 2006 at 13:18, Jeffrey G. Causey, CPA wrote:

 Is it just me, or does the only thing the article really say is Don't
 use Linux if you have a Windows app you rely on?  They don't provide
 any numbers that I can tell related to what a high migration cost
 is.  Further, right at the end the Gartner spokesperson indicates it
 is too early to determine its level of compatibility and fidelity with
 enterprise Excel applications and complex Word documents.  If it is
 too early to tell, then how does one arrive at a conclusion?
 
 JCausey
 

I think we have to blame VNU for the headline, not Gartner. Gartner are 
just pointing out what is always true - there are costs involved and 
decisions to be made when migrating from one system to another.  And 
they are not quoted as using the word 'high'.

Beyond the headline there are lots of positives in the report to pick up 
on.  I'm particularly intrigued with the report of a VBA macro conversion 
tool.  Is it open source?  It could be quite a winner.  If it does a good job 
it will remove one of the main MSO to OOo conversion barriers.

Tony Pursell

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[Marketing] FYI: New OpenOffice.org T-Shirts on CafePress.com

[Erwin Tenhumberg]

FYI

There are some new OpenOffice.org t-shirts on CafePress.com!
The design ideas come from the recent Sun Redmond bus campaign.

Here is the URL:
http://www.cafepress.com/sunopensource


Cheers,
Erwin

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[Marketing] Signature campaign

[Philllip Bordenave]

People who use openoffice can advertise it by theyre e-mail or IM  
signatures.


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Re: [Marketing] Signature campaign

[Chad Smith]

On 4/4/06, Philllip Bordenave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 People who use openoffice can advertise it by theyre e-mail or IM
 signatures.


That's a good idea.

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