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IBM Drops Two Bombs on Microsoft

You need to remember that Microsoft has been at office a lot longer than OpenOffice and the Linux marketplace. Open source will catch up - they have already come a very long way. The advances in the world in forcing open standards for documents will help continue to drive this trend.


On Dec 05 05:10 AM Nikola wrote:

> I run a virtual Linux dekstop. It has just as many problems as Windows.
> It's not faster or more stable.
>
> Face it: Linux is a better server platform, because it's modular
> and can be configured without the bells and whistles to churn our
> web pages very efficiently. You can't really do that with a Windows
> server. With Windows Server you still carry huge bulk on your back,
> and you can't take it off. Alas, your server performance suffers.
> Windows Server is convenient for some applications where you have
> a few users and a complex application, but otherwise, Linux will
> perform better.
>
> But desktop is a different beast.
>
> IBM's attempt will do no better than OpenOffice. OpenOffice is used
> by anarchist geeks the world over. However, the sales/marketing
> types, who produce many more Office documents and control software
> purchasing budgets will always go for the market leader.
>
> As one of our sales people put it: "You mean someone at Procter &
> Gamble may not be able to open my quotation/presentation because
> I created it in OpenOffice and they use Microsoft?"
>