Thanks John,<br><br>After looking it over, it appears the greatest hurdle to overcome is the cost of retraining. I think the study does not effectiveky represent this. Alas, we live in a windows world and people have become accustomed to how that OS functions. To teach a whole new skill set to a Sales Rep who only wants to update his contacts and fire off sales proposals is daunting. We would have to account for an intial reduction in productivity and possible lower morale as people reject change. This is not to say that OS solutions are not viable. But I am finding the greatest objection to conversion is what I have mentioned.
<br><br>Thanks again for the link!<br><br>Randy<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">John McGregor</b> <<a href="mailto:mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org">mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This study done over a five year period by the federal government should<br>help<br>your project quite a bit.
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