Re: Open Source Office

I've used Open Office for several years on a Windows XP machine.  My needs
are limited.  It works and I am pleased enough with it to write this post. 
Sometimes the conversions to Word are limited, but everything else is ok. 
The German heritage still shows up sometimes though.
 
I have no experience with it from a network point of view. 
 
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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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From: Graap, Ken
Date: 12/02/05 16:00:26
To: Midrange
Subject: Open Source Office
 
Hi all ...
 
Our company is looking to significantly decrease our operating expenses as
we move into 2006.
 
One thing we currently do is spend a lot of money licensing and supporting
an M$ Office server/desktop environment..
 
I'm trying find information relating to a successful replacement of a large
Microsoft Office infrastructure with an Open Source office solution. Maybe
one that runs on Linux in an iSeries (????) or Linux on an xSeries along
with PC based clients or maybe even Linux based clients! Wow, wouldn't that
be interesting, no Windows desktops or servers or M$ software... Yikes, will
I be struck by lighting for even thinking such a thought?
 
Anyway... I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who might want to share
a success story that I could then share with my CIO in order to prove that
something like this is actually a possibility.
 
Kenneth
 
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Kenneth E. Graap
IBM Certified Specialist
AS/400e Professional System Administrator
NW Natural (Gas Services)
keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: 503-226-4211 x5537
FAX:    603-849-0591
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