Open Office and said 'it'd be just the same
Yeah, when will people realise, it's NOT the same thing.
I've seen IT managers sucking up to CFOs by saying they will deploy OpenOffice for all new recruits and save $$$ ..... all well and good for the secretaries and general office dogsbodies ..... but when you start recruting for a new trading desk, it suddenly dawns on you that Open Office is rubbish at more advanced stuff such as macros etc.... the traders then proceed to eat the IT department for breakfast when they loose deals.
Choose the right tool for the job. A proper IT manager should put licensing costs as a secondary concern behind the consideration as to whether or not the software is actually suitable for its intended purpose.
Just because you might look at Open Office through rose tinted glasses, doesn't mean everybody is shortsighted and needs glasses too.
