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or pay.
your call.
Or think of it this way, you've 40 users.
Assuming they're all poorly paid secretaries. Thats very roughly £1.5M per annum, for wages, tax, insurance, pension and the office space they take up.
Now, consider the cost of training them to use a product they don't know (be it word 2007 instead of 2003, or OO) if you get a good deal, odds are the course allone would scrape about 15k, not to mention one day of all 40 would cost £75K.
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No, it still has a point.
If you 'upgrade' to anything, there is more of a cost than intitally mentioned. The 7k fee for going to word 2007 is eclipsed by the cost of training, and time. Remeber even someone whos only on 25k costs a lot more than that to the company.
I'm saying you have to think of the effect it will have, moving to anything should come with proper training in my mind (mabye thats just because i've been working for cash rich firms for too long) and that will cost more than the software licenses, by a long way.
So if you'd read my post you'd understand i was advocating this for 2007 or OO migration.
When you look at it that way, the cost between the two is very small < 10%, i dont know anyone who'd advocate OO as been supior to ms office. (well anyone who's actually used both in anger).
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After reading my posts again i don't think i got my point across.... Why are you Upgrading?
If its to make your life simpler (ie later editions of software are more secure, better supported etc.) or is it because you need the newer versions (have spreadsheets with more than 64k rows, or users who are used to the new GUI).
If its the former, not the latter, its not a buisness requirement. As such you have to balance the cost to the business (in training time, even if you skip that, there will be an inital productivity hit). Too often people in IT try to drive the business, rather than support the business.
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What are the users currently using?
What do the users actually do?
In essence, as TheAnimus says, what is driving the move to 2007?
If they are already Word 2k3 users and want docx support to deal with customers/suppliers add the appropriate viewer. The step-up from 2k3 to 2k7 is significant and if only for Word probably unnecessary.
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hey are on word 2000! We have just finished a new office block and need more licenses but word 2000 was EOL a long time ago so its time to do a total upgrade. I have looked into open office and I even used it my self for a while but I would like to be as close to the standard as possible. When I move on I have to think about making it easier to replace me. The cost is wat over the top but if its needed it needed that all there is too it really.
Its actually 40 terminals and 300 users so we would get our worth out of them. The systems here get hammered 24/7.
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