You don't fully understand what this is all about. Office software is so necessary that it has become as standard as a clip in the office. Microsoft is the only one who controls that market now and is charging a tremendous amount of money of a software that hasn't really seen so much improvement IMHO since Office 95. So OpenOffice really adds value to everything since commercial software would have to be much better than just a revamped interface and animated assistants.
And I agree with the previous post that is not about having people without jobs, but changing the way we use (and sell) software. The money comes from customers wanting custom solutions, deployment contracts, good support options and posibbly add-ons to the software.
Don't you think is ridiculous to charge a company for a license of a software as many times as they have computers?.
The other important factor here is that it is open source. Better software can be developed on top of this so it's better for everybody. Not having to reinvent the wheel is really useful for the creative minds of programmers.
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You don't fully understand what this is all about. Office software is so necessary that it has become as standard as a clip in the office. Microsoft is the only one who controls that market now and is charging a tremendous amount of money of a software that hasn't really seen so much improvement IMHO since Office 95. So OpenOffice really adds value to everything since commercial software would have to be much better than just a revamped interface and animated assistants.
And I agree with the previous post that is not about having people without jobs, but changing the way we use (and sell) software. The money comes from customers wanting custom solutions, deployment contracts, good support options and posibbly add-ons to the software.
Don't you think is ridiculous to charge a company for a license of a software as many times as they have computers?.
The other important factor here is that it is open source. Better software can be developed on top of this so it's better for everybody. Not having to reinvent the wheel is really useful for the creative minds of programmers.