Why OO.o is so important

• The price gradient:

• • 'Normal' people using it today
  • runs on Win32
  • N x millions of users
  • big deployments...

• Developer bang for buck

• • where is Freedom best served ?
  • what Free software do people see 1st ?

• Novell as an example:

• • all have OO.o; 80% of ~6000 “as their main office suite”
  • Saved $1M in MS Office license fees. Each year.