If the sole selling point is cost, then you've 'lost' the functional argument. I figured that out a dozen years ago, and that has not changed since.<div><br></div><div>The trick is discerning whether what the person wants to do is achievable with FOSS; if so, you have a potential convert. If not, then you have a bug/feature to file with whatever project/OS you want to promote, and do some impromptu product management to help the cause along.</div>
<div><br></div><div>ja<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Rod Roark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rod@sunsetsystems.com">rod@sunsetsystems.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 10/25/2010 09:17 AM, Brian Lavender wrote:<br>
> This is something to remember when passing out CDs and saying:<br>
><br>
> "It's free."<br>
><br>
> We know the virtues of liberated software and once we figure it out how<br>
> to use it, we are only constrained by our knowlege, but should we truly<br>
> say, "It's free." when users have to make a time investment to use it<br>
> and at times be constrained by features they have in MS Office but not<br>
> in OpenOffice?<br>
><br>
> Microsoft created the TODO list for OpenOffice and entered into the twelve<br>
> step program for OpenOffice's path to success.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/details/faaf9eb8-77c6-4bed-bc08-c069a7bfbb04" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/details/faaf9eb8-77c6-4bed-bc08-c069a7bfbb04</a><br>
><br>
> brian<br>
<br>
</div>It's funny to see all those Microsoft-bashing comments on their own web site!<br>
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