[ale] A Real Sad Loss for Open Source in the Atlanta Area

[Jim Kinney]

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Edward Holcroft <eholcroft at mkainc.com>wrote:

> Very sad indeed. The problems they identify are precisely *because*
> of vendor lock-in. They make it sound like the compatibility issues working
> with proprietary formats is somehow the fault of OSS.
>
> This is so one-sided I have to wonder if somebody's palm is getting greased
> here?
>

palm and other body parts, I'm sure.

>
> ed
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 13:19, Rich DeMARS <rich.demars at stonebranch.com>wrote:
>
>> Forsyth County Schools School District Scraps Open-Source Solution ...
>> Sep 15, 2010 ... These productivity problems were especially troublesome
>> because around the same time that Forsyth County Schools moved to
>> OpenOffice, ...
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Office-Professional-Plus-2007/Forsyth-County-Schools/School-District-Scraps-Open-Source-Solution-Boosts-Productivity-by-50-Percent/4000008223
>>
>> Rich DeMARS
>> IT Manager
>>
>>
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