hi, On 11/25/05, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lars wrote: > > > I get the distinct feeling that its marketing or lobbying team is trying > to dilute or confuse the phrase "open office" in the same way they tried > with the initials "RMS" > > For people on Gmail, take look at the sponsored links (right hand > side of the page) for the OOo lists.
For sponsored links, I get the spider training page also, and I get this link: http://www.webbuyersguide.com/bguide/product/brief.asp?Id=32779&Category=716&sitename=webbuyersguide&kc=pg3&engine=adwords!3628&keyword=OpenOffice&match_type=content For related pages, I get a link to this story, which favorably compares OOo to MSO: http://www.theage.com.au/news/icon/soho-office-rival-opens/2005/11/23/1132703235975.html None of the links that I get on gmail are favorable to MS at all. With regard to the ad that OOo is bloatware, that's unfortunate, and I actually know the guy who is paying for those ads. His name is Martin Kotulla, and he is actually a nice guy. I just think that he is getting hurt very badly by OOo, because he sells an Office suite called Textmaker (like OOo Writer) and Planmaker (like OOo Calc). His primary selling point against OOo is that his products actually do load lightning fast, faster than AbiWord, even, which is really saying something. His lightweight footprint is really the only thing that he's got going for him in the competition against OOo. He was supposed to have OOo filters by now, but I'm not sure that he does. It's kind of a shame, really. [I've got two adds offering MSO > for free, one suggesting that OOo is bloatware, and to use MSO > instead. One for weboffice. Related pages --- which are not paid for > --- are Microsoft press releases.) > > xan > > jonathon > -- > Does your Office Suite conform to ISO Standards? >
