There's an article here mentioning a few cases, including Verizon and Merrill Lynch. Might provide a good starting point for research. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/19792.html You may also want to look into StarOffice, which is the version of OpenOffice that Sun sells and supports. Licensing info is here: http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0/index.html Case studies here: http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/successstories/index.html -- Michael Vieths Foeclan at Visi.com On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Brian wrote: > I need some examples so I can present a strong case for OpenOffice. We're > stuck netween a rock and a hard place, and OpenOffice might save us. That > is, if I can get the PHBs to listen. Whenever I say "linux", they say > "no", before they've even heard what I have to say. They assume that > free == crap. > > I had been thinking about raising the issue with PHBs, but I feared a > solid "no" when I said the word "open". Then this morning, someone in our > department comes up to me and asks me if I've ever heard of > OpenOffice. Her husband uses it religiously, and supposedly he's heard of > governements and huge businesses switching to it like mad. > > So, what I need are examples. Who here uses OpenOffice in a corporate > environment? Who thinks OpenOffice is a worthless piece of crap? I need > to hear both sides so I can present a clear case in all directions. > > Thanks! > > -Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >