On 08/09/2012 02:43 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 08/08/12 22:26, T Hopkins wrote:
The difference in cost of the initial license, when considered from
the full deployment/productivity calculation of an IT manager, is
often not the deciding factor. The primary cost of changing software
is not the license, but installation, configuration, training, and
lost productivity during conversion.
The total costs of all that would be FAR lower by converting from
Office 2003 or any of its predecessors to LO compared to converting to
Office 2007/2010.....users could at least get going almost immediately
with LO whereas the new ribbon seemed to be almost unfathomable to a
lot of people, so yes, going from one version of MS Office to a
SIMILAR version (as in Office XP to Office 2003 or Office 2007 to
2010) I agree. Going from a menu-based Office to a ribbon-based Office
no, I don't agree.
AFAIK, MSO 2007/2010 are the only major packages that use the ribbon
interface. All other recent Windows software I have seen still uses the
traditional menus. IMHO most users can adapt to a reasonable menu layout
fairly quickly; it is more about finding how to access a command than
fighting the interface and finding the command.
I would expect most users could "learn" the LO fairly quickly because it
is same familiar menu style interface they are using on most packages.
The total cost to install includes rolling out the software to the
users. If a company is not planning a major office suite roll out then
converting to any other suite will not occur. The ideal time to convert
an organization is when they are planning to replace their current
suite. Then the a comparison of all costs makes sense.
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Jay Lozier
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