“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…”