[plug] alternative business strategy?

[Bruno Cristovao]

"That way, not only do you get the the software *to serve you*, but it 
also benefits the rest of the community."

I agree!

Bruno


John Knight wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just been pondering an alternative way of handling the annual IT 
> budget, especially to do with MS Office and OOo. I figure with OOo's 
> current functionality, any non-profit organisation would be hard 
> pressed to justify the cost of Office, unless there was a REAL niche 
> thing in there that they needed. A normal capitalist business is 
> different of course, but it's still an area to look at. Anyway, what 
> I'm getting at is this:
>
> Instead of saving on the IT budget for a year, by changing to OOo, 
> keep the same budget, but use it to pay an OOo developer to implement 
> whatever niche you might need Office for. That way, not only do you 
> get the the software *to serve you*, but it also benefits the rest of 
> the community.
>
> I'm no authority in this regard, so pluggers, is there any merit to 
> this argument? Please criticise.
>
> John
>
> "...it was brilliant, there was three up against a thousand, and boy, 
> did we give those three heaps!"
>
>
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