Some background ...

• Some interesting free software out there

  • GNU/Linux, GNOME, Mozilla
  • OpenOffice.org (OO.o) - '.dot' bubble.

• OO.o (Win32 / Unix / Mac )

  • Large cost savings, hefty deployments, case-studies exist
  • Great interoperability
  • Mozilla vs. IE vs. OO.o vs. MS Office
    • Freedom vs. costly strictures

• Free software

  • Yes cheap, yes source is 'Open' but ...
  • don't miss the point: Freedom.

• 80+% of Novell's 6000+: “as their main office suite”

  • Eating our own dog food: Driving our own Ferrari
  • Notice the pot-holes in the road; lots of useful fixes.