<div>The thing a bout managing change is that you have to move foward even if it is un-popular. Microsoft created enough FUD to mature Windows, hopefully with Vista and it's pricing and other elements might create a gap that will push Linux foward.</div> <div> </div> <div>David </div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Michael Corral <micorral@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Robert Adkins a ecrit:<BR>> Michael Corral wrote:<BR>>> This looks very promising:<BR>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/13/ibm_open_client/<BR>><BR>> The only problem is overcoming the beliefs that end users have that<BR>> they can *ONLY* work with MS Office and nothing else.<BR><BR>I don't think that is as big a problem as some people think.<BR>Remember, before MS Office became popular, WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3<BR>were the "standard" office apps, and somehow
people managed to find a<BR>way to use something else, despite resistance. Frankly, if I were an<BR>employer and people were whining about not wanting to use anything but<BR>MS Office, I'd say "OK, well if you can't do it then we'll find someone<BR>who can". Then watch how quickly those people learn the new system. :)<BR>It's just an office app, fer crying out loud, not something worth<BR>risking your job over. They'll get used to it.<BR><BR>Michael<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>mdlug mailing list<BR>mdlug@mdlug.org<BR>http://mdlug.org/mailman/listinfo/mdlug<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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