OpenOffice.org 2.2 released

OpenOffice.org 2.2 released

Posted Mar 29, 2007 22:06 UTC (Thu) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
In reply to: OpenOffice.org 2.2 released by mikov
Parent article: OpenOffice.org 2.2 released

Since you didn't actually explain why your company - especially administration, marketing and sales - is using Linux, I find your comment not terribly informative or helpful.

OK, let me explain. We are a very small company -- 10 people in all. We have 5 techical people, 4 sales people and one administrator.

Our products are software applications that run on UNIX/Linux. For business purposes, the only applications we really need are: An office suite, a Web browser, an e-mail program, a customer-relationship-management tool and an accounting tool. These needs are admirably filled by OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird (or Evolution, according to taste), SugarCRM and Ledger-SMB.

We even run our phone system on Linux using Asterisk, and have it integrated into our CRM app and our trouble-ticketing system (RT). Using OpenVPN, our road-warriors can have their extensions ring through anywhere in the world.

Basically, we have built up a fantastic software stack that integrates our business processes, development processes and support processes seamlessly, and everything uses free software, so our annual software licensing budget is $0.00.

I hope that explains why we use Linux everywhere.

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