2009/8/1 Web Kracked <[email protected]> > M Henri Day wrote: > >> 2009/7/31 Web Kracked <[email protected]> >> >> Charles T. Bell wrote: >>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> According to Bing.com, MS' own search site, MS' total revenue is >>>> expected to be $US 64.9B-$US 66.4B, while operating income (read >>>> expenses) is expected to be in the >>>> range of $US 24.4B-$US 25.5B for the fiscal year ending June 30, >>>> 2009. Do the math! >>>> That comes out to a profit of $US 40.5B- $US 40.9B and is >>>> approximately 166% to 160% ROI, respectively. So donate you money to >>>> MS, *or*... use OOo for free. >>>> I know which path I choose. >>>> >>>> >>>> Tom >>> >>> <snip>
> So yes. Let MS complain. See what they do when they get down >>> to $1 billion or less in profit. There have been several articles >>> in the past few months that describe MS's attempt to go into the >>> open source field, not just ODF's field of interest. >>> >>> Software like OpenOffice.org is eating into their profit margins >>> and that is great. Now we just have to make sure MS does not try >>> to mess with OOo's success, above board or below in the slime that >>> seems to cover MS's public rep. all the time. >>> >>> I wonder when they will start selling Win7 with TV and Print ads? >>> They will need to admit that Vista was a mistake and bad system >>> to try to get businesses to spend, spend, spend, so they can sell >>> Win7 in these troubled times. >>> >> >> If OOo can, with reasonable facility, do the things that you as a user >> need >> an office suite to do, then you have sufficient reason to install OOo, >> rather than paying for Microsoft Office.... >> >> Henri >> >> That is why I have been using OOo since the 1.x days. > I hate MS's blah,blah,blah. > > The only thing I have to use is their OS and some free > programs that they decided not to charge for, like everything else > they do. > > But some groups are working on an open source Windows, > then maybe we will not need MS's OSs in a few years. > Or get some people to make running Windows software > easier on Linux, and people will go over to it even faster. Web Kracked, my point was that one doesn't have to «hate» Microsoft to use OOo ; if it provides the office-suite features one needs, it's an obvious choice. But if you are looking for an OS that is an alternative to Microsoft's offerings in the field and one which I have found both easy to use and very powerful in terms of features offered, you might want to consider trying the latest version of Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/).. .. Henri
