Re: Open Source Office

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Ken,

have you looked at the LTSP project?

Don in DC....catching up on email...



At 01:57 PM 12/2/2005 -0800, you wrote:
> Hi all ...
>
> Our company is looking to significantly decrease our operating expenses as 
> we move into 2006.
>
> One thing we currently do is spend a lot of money licensing and supporting 
> an M$ Office server/desktop environment..
>
> I'm trying find information relating to a successful replacement of a 
> large Microsoft Office infrastructure with an Open Source office solution. 
> Maybe one that runs on Linux in an iSeries (????) or Linux on an xSeries 
> along with PC based clients or maybe even Linux based clients! Wow, 
> wouldn't that be interesting, no Windows desktops or servers or M$ 
> software... Yikes, will I be struck by lighting for even thinking such a 
> thought?
>
> Anyway... I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who might want to 
> share a success story that I could then share with my CIO in order to 
> prove that something like this is actually a possibility.
>
> Kenneth
>
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