http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/a-response-to-a-response-to-my-post-about-open-source-software/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:29:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/a-response-to-a-response-to-my-post-about-open-source-software/#comment-187 BrentOzar Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:17:04 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/?p=433#comment-187 And I know somebody's going to respond saying, "Open your own training department," but in business, that doesn't cut it. It's more overhead, more people to manage, more space you need, and that negates the cost savings. If it's not your core competency, go buy it off the shelf and be done with it. And I know somebody’s going to respond saying, “Open your own training department,” but in business, that doesn’t cut it. It’s more overhead, more people to manage, more space you need, and that negates the cost savings. If it’s not your core competency, go buy it off the shelf and be done with it.

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/a-response-to-a-response-to-my-post-about-open-source-software/#comment-186 BrentOzar Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:16:03 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/?p=433#comment-186 You're right on. I flirted with open source replacements for MS Office briefly quite a while back, and business management killed it with a simple question: "Right now we send users to New Horizons to get more training on MS Office. Where do we send them for OpenOffice training?" Uh, right. MS Office it is. You’re right on. I flirted with open source replacements for MS Office briefly quite a while back, and business management killed it with a simple question: “Right now we send users to New Horizons to get more training on MS Office. Where do we send them for OpenOffice training?” Uh, right. MS Office it is.

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