Comment But isn't this why Open Office couldn't be adopted (Score 1) 484
A few years ago, it seems like all I heard from corporations and trade press was the reason why Open Office wouldn't likely be used was because of the "learning curve" to switch away from MS Office. Like Open Office was so radically different from Office!
There were studies and cost estimates and people complaining that it was easier to continue paying the MS tax than to retrain their people in the difference between Office and Open Office. So now Office comes out totally different, and the big retraining effort is just a "cost of doing business". No big deal.
So if MS imposes the cost on corporations, it's no big deal, but if there is a better alternative, even at a slight retraining cost, it's a show stopper.
I don't get it.
There were studies and cost estimates and people complaining that it was easier to continue paying the MS tax than to retrain their people in the difference between Office and Open Office. So now Office comes out totally different, and the big retraining effort is just a "cost of doing business". No big deal.
So if MS imposes the cost on corporations, it's no big deal, but if there is a better alternative, even at a slight retraining cost, it's a show stopper.
I don't get it.
