(now at RC1). I need to seriously look at the product as an alternative
for basic business users. It has the potential to save up to $10,000 in
licensing costs.
My basic business user runs e-mail and web based applications, and a lot
of PDF viewing. Some of them may not even open up any office app aside
from Outlook more then once or twice in a week. If they open
Word/Excel/PowerPoint, it's usually to view and print, or generate an
extremely low end document in terms of complexity.
I have Outlook 2003 licensing through my SBS 2003 R2 Premium licensing,
and all the desktop licensing is purchased OEM with that equipment, so
the core needs of the basic business user are covered. I need to
evaluate, and get real-world feedback on cross-compatibility of Office
2003 docs with OpenOffice 2, and Office 2007 docs with OpenOffice 3.
Focus is on Word and Excel with this compatibility
Power users will still have MS Office suite. I may setup a dedicated
workstation or VM for the basic business users to have access to MS
Office suite, should a compatibility issue arises. However, I don't
want that to be a daily occurance, that needs to be a once a month type
thing.
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