Quoting Stephen Snow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Phil, et. al.,
>
> I wonder why, if microsoft has a hand in manipulating barnes & noble
> offerings, so many LINUX books are available at B&N? Seems to me that would
> be a much greater threat than openoffice. And what about PlayStation 2 tips
> & tricks? The list actually could go on a bit. OpenOffice seems more like a
> gnat to the Linux Africanized bee. In my opinion.
>
> Steve Snow
steve, this is a good question. openoffice.org is a gateway drug.
(in a good sense.) people who transition to openoffice.org on windows
are far more likely to transition to openoffice.org on linux down the road.
their main work app will have fit them like a glove by then --
and making the jump to linux would be far less intimidating.
in the evolution of things, things evolve along certain predictable paths.
in such cases, familiarity breeds attempt.
- phil
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