Mail from ILUG-BOM list (Non-Digest Mode) _______________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:12:30 +0800 From: Andrew McRobert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian-Users (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: fyi: Linux Office Suite Consortium - NY Times Resent-Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 14:39:51 +0530 Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fyi guys from: http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/08/biztech/articles/14linux.html "SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 -- A group of key Linux software developers and major computer manufacturers are planning to announce on Tuesday at a Silicon Valley computer conference the first effort to compete directly with Microsoft's Office suite of applications for the personal computer. .... On Tuesday, a group of Linux organizations will announce the creation of the Gnome Foundation, which will have the support of I.B.M., Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and several other major computer vendors. The foundation plans to announce a set of initiatives, including a unified desktop user interface and a set of productivity programs intended to compete as a free alternative to Microsoft Office." ------------------------------------------------- Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci) IT Liaison Officer, School of Law MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Perth, Western Australia Ph: [+61 8 9360 6479] Fax: [+61 8 9310 6671] e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation" _______________________________________________ Website: http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/ Linuxers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
