Very sad indeed. The problems they identify are precisely *because* of vendor lock-in. They make it sound like the compatibility issues working with proprietary formats is somehow the fault of OSS.<div><br></div><div>This is so one-sided I have to wonder if somebody's palm is getting greased here?<br>
<div><br></div><div>ed<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 13:19, Rich DeMARS <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rich.demars@stonebranch.com">rich.demars@stonebranch.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Forsyth County Schools School District Scraps Open-Source Solution ...<br>
Sep 15, 2010 ... These productivity problems were especially troublesome because around the same time that Forsyth County Schools moved to OpenOffice, ...<br>
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Office-Professional-Plus-2007/Forsyth-County-Schools/School-District-Scraps-Open-Source-Solution-Boosts-Productivity-by-50-Percent/4000008223" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Office-Professional-Plus-2007/Forsyth-County-Schools/School-District-Scraps-Open-Source-Solution-Boosts-Productivity-by-50-Percent/4000008223</a><br>
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