Fred A. Miller wrote: > GOOD article! > > Fred > > How to succeed > > Learning from his own mistakes, Holt offers this advice to IT shops who want > to dump MS Office for non-Microsoft desktops: > Remove the outgoing office suite and enforce usage of OpenOffice. "Once > someone is used to it, they don't go back," Holt said. There has to be > a "no-going-back policy." > > Talk about success stories to show that others have been able to make the > change and like it. > > Relate the cost savings to company profitability and potential salary/benefit > increases. > > "OpenOffice is now ready for the workstation, as is The GIMP," Holt said. He > firmly believes that Linux should not be relegated to the back room.
I would add one more suggestion. In the event that an employee does switch back to MS Office, make them pay for their own license out of their own pocket. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
