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From: pwicks at oxygen.com (James Patterson Wicks) Subject: lame b!tching about xpsp2 It's obvious that you do not have a secretary or an assistant. Implementing change into a business environment is more painful than pulling teeth. And then you have unions (NYC) that DEMAND training for their members. The insanity never ends. That being said, yes it is less expensive to run open source software, but getting from Point A (full Microsoft environment) to Point B (open source environment) for most companies, does not generate enough return on investment to try. -----Original Message----- From: devis [mailto:devis@...ynix.net] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 2:50 PM To: James Patterson Wicks; Full-disclosure Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2 Did i said that business world should return to command line ? I wasn't under that impression. Do the interface of OpenOffice and MS Office looks THAT different to you ? Hell no. These secretaries are formed to work on an interface, and changing a few things in that same interface will not as you think, bring the business word to a crawl. To the reverse, it will make them more proefficient at computer usage, as any human does become better when having to deal with different interfaces / systems. It will make them curious about the new software, capabilities and changes. It voids the 'One way of thinking' that vendors try to impose. Nowadays it is perfectly possible to have 'workers' use a free desktop, 100 % compatible with all M$ formats, at lower costs, performing better ( real multitasking ), and with real stability and not prone to virii. So why isn't it happening ? Yes Unix expertise and tuition is expensive, but if all ur software licenses costs and other support contracts license money was going to your own Nix expert employe, who uses free software, not only would you save money, but you will be more secure too. This e-mail is the property of Oxygen Media, LLC. It is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure. Distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information contained herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by sending an e-mail to postmaster@...gen.com and destroy all electronic and paper copies of this e-mail.
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