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NZ Outfit Dumps Open Office For MS Office

Posted by kdawson on from the pull-of-the-dark-side dept.

(Score.5, Interestin writes "The NZ Automobile Association has just announced that it is dropping Open Office and switching back to MS Office. According to their CIO, 'Microsoft Office is not any cheaper, but it was almost impossible to work out what open-source was actually costing because of issues such as incompatibility and training.' In addition, 'you have no idea where open-source products are going, whereas vendors like Microsoft provide a roadmap for the future.'" About 500 seats are involved. MS conceded to letting Office users run the software at home as well.

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  1. no roadmap? by datapharmer · · Score: 5, Informative

    "'you have no idea where open-source products are going, whereas vendors like Microsoft provide a roadmap for the future.'"

    Perhaps someone should send them this: Open Office Roadmap

    I don't think it could be any more clear or easier to find....

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  2. Some valid points. by neoshroom · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some valid points:

    Doug Wilson is the Chief Information Officer, The New Zealand Automobile Association Incorporated

    Since then he has been the CEO of a PC company (Gateway) and APL+, a software development company that was a Provenco subsidiary. He has also had senior roles at Microsoft and EDS.

    Doug is currently the CIO of the NZ Automobile Association, a new role that was created last year.

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  3. Re:Sniff, sniff... by Nibbler999 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Seems likely, seeing as this CIO used to work for Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/nz/presscentre/articles/2 004/feb_04_wilson.mspx

  4. Re:Sniff, sniff... by Nibbler999 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Also seems to be the very same guy who won a laptop from the website publishing this story only last year. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/E2D91FD29 42D4382CC25724400106374