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Re: fetching the text value of an element inside an element

• To: Henrik Martensson <henrik.martensson@b...>
• Subject: Re: fetching the text value of an element inside an element
• From: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
• Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:04:46 -0800
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Henrik Martensson wrote:

> On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 14:21, Fredrik Lindgren wrote:
> 
>>I wonder if there is a business case for setting up a company reselling 
>>free software to get around sceptical management. I mean, without changing 
>>or really supporting the actual software, just charging for it. ;-).
> 
> 
> I definitely think so. Some managers great difficulty understanding that
> free software can be any good, or even that software can be free.
> 
> The company where I work spends a lot of money on MS Office licences
> that we don't utilize very well. I tried to get a manager interested in
> OpenOffice, but made the mistake of telling him that it was Opensource.
<snip/>
> 
> At that point I gave up. Perhaps I would have had greater success if I
> had told him about StarOffice, perhaps not. At least, he would not have
> confused an office suite with an operating system.


I don't know if decision makers view the software as inferior or if it 
is the religious nature of OS proponents. I tend to avoid talking about 
about OS because I have noticed the eyes rolling back when the subject 
is brought up (for those that even know OS exists...). I think they see 
Open Source folk as people who, by their nature, look out for something 
other than the decision maker's best interest.

best,
-Rob, who use many OS apps and provides a proprietary UI for clients...


> 
> /Henrik Mårtensson

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