[NTLUG:Discuss] Seeking builder -- thanks for replies -- more on VM Ware

[lonny.dahl@verizon.com]

Bryan Smith wrote:

>E.g., a lot of companies don't like to buy MS Visio or Adobe
>Illustrator.  So I use Draw in OpenOffice.org.  It's pretty powerful --
>far more powerful than the drawing component in MS Office, that's for
>sure.

Why do companies not like to buy M$ Visio?  If they're buying the OS and M$
Office, what problem would they have buying Visio?  Not that I'm
complaining or anything, but that seems rather inconsistent to me.   And is
there an open source program to compete with Visio?  (This coming from a
guy who remembers Visio before M$ bought it)

L. Wayne Dahl
Fiber Network Technician
FTTP Fiber Solutions Center