I don't know if this will be at all helpful, but I live in state funded public housing and I do volunteer work for the director. State funded housing is suffering badly. While funding has not increased, expenses continue to rise. I am assisting the part-time director because she is unable to keep up with day to day tasks and there is no mioney in the budget for an assistant. In fact, the board has voted for her increase in salary every year, but she has refused to accept a raise for several years now, due to budget shortfalls.
The director has never heard of Open Office. I offered to put all application information onto an Open Office spreadsheet, thereby streamlining her work. She accepted my offer and I began the data entry process this morning. Our housing authority is small and cannot afford to purchase up-to-date software. Sure, I've run in to some glitches in the spreadsheet. If we paid big money for it I would give it a bad review; however, with some patience and no money, it is doing what it needs to do and is a big help here. I hope this is helpful to you, Paula Johnson West Boylston, MA On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Gregory Forster <gforst.1...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > OOo's web site has been changed, so I can't find the information I need. > I > need help! This Saturday, a computerized system will be voted on. On the > table > is a very expensive, overly elaborate database that does much more than > required, akin to a little old lady putting a Ferrari drive train into a > Geo > Metro to go to the grocery store. I have a few sold on the Open Office > alternative. However, I need more. I need examples of government > entities, > corporations, educational entities that have actually switched to Open > Office. > I want to be loaded with uncompromising ammunition of facts to promote Open > Office. HELP!! > > Greg > -- Peace, Paula
