Being a tech driven outfit, we have people that like Macs, like *BSD, like Windows (except Vista, we all hated Vista) and even tinkerers with fringe OSes. We t

Being a tech driven outfit, we have people that like Macs, like *BSD, like Windows (except Vista, we all hated Vista) and even tinkerers with fringe OSes. We tried Ubuntu in the workplace for admin staff at the same time as Vista. They preferred Ubuntu to Vista, but really wanted XP. Because of the mixed environment (and the problems with running mixed Office 2003/7) we moved to OpenOffice. Most people are comfortable with it to a lesser or greater degree, generally those not running Windows do better, but it allows us to do things that we could never do in a sole Windows environment. We keep an Office 2007 licence around in case anyone needs to use .docx etc. Having said that we're looking at Office 2010 as the split office environment compatibility issues no longer apply and it does look light years ahead of Go-OO. Google docs is fine for real time collaboration, but Google Talk is essential. I'd also take business Gmail over Exchange any day. Calendars, Gtalk, Docs, everything. It's just so much better. For us, privacy can be addressed through policy, although that might not apply for everyone.