On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 13:21 -0500, Sean W. O'Quin wrote: > Ian... > > Although a nice concept, I do not seeing MSFT in any deals or agreements > with open source vendors especially any that deal with their 2 holy grails > into a enterprise the MSFT O/S or MSFT Office.
It was a bit of a joke, hence the smilies :-) > What about a link to the OpenOffice download on the desktop as a first pass? > I think OEM's would be much more receptive to this first step. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Marketing] Return to the marketing > > On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 08:44 +0200, Erwin Tenhumberg wrote: > > > I can't see any economic reason for a system builder installing MS Works > > > on a computer instead of OOo unless M$ is actually paying them to do > > > it. > > > > System builders might not get money for installing MS Works, but they > > might get money (e.g. via revenue sharing) from selling upgrades to the > > full MS Office product. > > That's more plausible although you'd think that if the customer wanted > and could afford MS Office they would get it from the outset. If they > start using Works they do have an upgrade issue because its not that > easy to upgrade works files to MS office files - probably easier going > OOo to MSO. Maybe we should do a deal with MS to get them to give a > discount on MSO for upgrading from OOo pre-installed so there is a > reason for system builders to install OOo to get a discount :-) Worth > the gamble because once using it how many people would swap OOo for MSO? > MS might just be arrogant enough to believe they would ;-) > > Ian -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
