OpenOffice 150 Times Cheaper Than Microsoft Office?

Yep, that's the statement from the French. OpenOffice.org is 150 times cheaper than Microsoft Office. And this is the French tax office that's switching, so you've got to think they've got the numbers right.

"The French tax agency claims that upgrading its 80,000 desktops to Office XP would cost €29.5 million, but switching to OpenOffice.org only €200,000."

Also:

"The tax agency has supported its open source products in-house in the past, but is now contracting it to external companies to ensure quality of service across the board.

"The contractors make a barrier between me and the complexity of the open source community. Today, I can contact the open source community if I want support, but there's no engagement or commitment. Contractors provide that commitment and manage the community and smaller companies that provide the support," says Lapeyre."

Here's the link from Schestowitz.com.

Here's the article.

I'd say, that's a bargain!

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