Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 30, 2005 12:18 AM
As much as I would like the situation to be this easy, it really isn't. Too often, when people are on the clock, it is someone else that dictates which software is or is not acceptable for use in the corporate environment.
Once that happens, it's too easy for those in the office environment to decide that when they go home, they want to use the same software since that will let them take some of that work home and not have to be in the office. Instead, they can do the same work from home and not have to worry if the result will be (look, feel, etc.) the same as if they had been in the office.
After that happens, you then have a cascading effect generated by those who want to send out files and others that want to be able to read those files, who then turn around and send them (and new files) to others and so on.
Getting those file formats opened up so that any sppropriate application could manipulate the file would be the ideal step to allow people the actual chance to make their own decisions. My fear in this situation would be the inertia factor since many who already have a system would not be very likely to change to something else. All this despite how much retraining happens when new versions of applications, such as those in Microsoft Office, are released.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 30, 2005 12:18 AMOnce that happens, it's too easy for those in the office environment to decide that when they go home, they want to use the same software since that will let them take some of that work home and not have to be in the office. Instead, they can do the same work from home and not have to worry if the result will be (look, feel, etc.) the same as if they had been in the office.
After that happens, you then have a cascading effect generated by those who want to send out files and others that want to be able to read those files, who then turn around and send them (and new files) to others and so on.
Getting those file formats opened up so that any sppropriate application could manipulate the file would be the ideal step to allow people the actual chance to make their own decisions. My fear in this situation would be the inertia factor since many who already have a system would not be very likely to change to something else. All this despite how much retraining happens when new versions of applications, such as those in Microsoft Office, are released.
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