Free Software Magazine: You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can’t Make It Drink

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 3, 2007

“Not long ago, a family member’s company discovered their former
IT consultant had dealt with them dishonestly. The office had paid
him for a number of MS Office licenses, but later found out that
only one licensed version been installed on all their systems.
Since this was a small business with a limited budget, I suggested
they try OpenOffice. But, in the end, they chose to purchase MS
Office again.

“So I asked, ‘Why?’ The answers were revealing into potential
barriers from individuals when recommending FOSS…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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