[clug] Internode dumps FOSS for MS Exchange

[Karun Dambiec]

Im Not sure how it can Be the Best Tool, when unto the office 2007  
rollout, everyone was happy with it.


On 19.02.2010, at 09:52, Chris Smart <mail at christophersmart.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Karun Dambiec <kdambiec at ieee.org>  
> wrote:
>>
>> Where I am at the moment has the same situation. Where I am at the  
>> moment,
>> most people used OpenOffice untill we got Microsoft Office 2007,  
>> and then
>> everyone started using Microsoft Office in IT.
>
> That's depressing.. although perhaps I shouldn't care at all, right?
> Because they should be using the best tool for the job, and if that's
> Microsoft Office, then so what?
>
> Gah, that hurts to say.
>
> Anyway, the reason I'm asking all these questions is to discover what
> *I* should be doing.. I'm getting burnt out trying to push for free
> software (at work for example) and so I'm wondering whether I should
> even be bothering at all. I'm at the point where I'm trying to
> reconcile these two important issues and if not I fear I'll just throw
> it all away.
>
> -c