This was always Apple's logic, figuring that if they had the kids in
school, they would continue to use Apple products in the business
world. Obviously not a strategy that OO.o should rely on for serious
penetration of the business market. On the bright side, the fact
that all those young Mac users can switch to Windows if the job
requires it, would make you think that a switch from one office suite
to another would be fairly straightforward.
Andy
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On Mar 7, 2006, at 10:29 PM, Jack Gates wrote:
Only when there's an installed user base for OOo coming out of the
universities and high schools will it become a more attractive
option to
the business software market.
This is the most accurate thing that has been said so far. People
as a
general rule hate change and most will resist and fight all the way
to the
end. It is far easier to teach the new generations the new things
and let
them bring it into the market place and slowly phase out the current
generations and the current way.
I use to be a MS all the way guy, but now I am only using Linux and
all the
products that come on the distro CDs. I don't have a physical MS
set up any
where in my home network. I do have one box with vmware on it
running a
virtual copy of MS for those times when I have to use MS, like web
sites that
are MS specific and won't work unless you are running MS and IE.
--
Jack Gates
864-238-9300
I sell energy drinks that taste good and give a big boost.
Minds are like parachutes, they only work when they are open.
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