Chad Smith a écrit : > And if this takes off, a crippled-ad-supported MS Office can't be far down > the trial. > > Whether we'd like to admit it or not, many people use OOo simply because it > is free (as in no price). They see it as a free subsitute for MS Office. And > if MS Office becomes free (or even just Works), and it provides 100% or even > 97% complete compatibility with existing file formats, templates, clip art, > macros, etc. Then the userbase of OOo is likely to stop growing, if not > drop.
I know a few people who bought a computer with an OEM license of Works (without Word) and all of them installed a pirated version of MS Office. I don't think that a free Works would change anything since for most people MS Office is already "free". > I think this is a real threat to OpenOffice.org. I think the opposite. It would be a lot easier to convince an ad-supported Works' user to switch to OpenOffice than a full MS Office's user. So I really hope that a lot of people drop their pirated version of Office for an add-supported version of Works. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
