Daniel Kasak wrote:
On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 09:55 +0500, Syed Zillay Ali wrote:
Hi,
I have been working in Open Office org and MS Office as well, since
long. I however still wonder, what are the benefits that companies get
by offering a free software? Or it is just a community effort, no
company behind? There are other open source applications also available,
like Sun Office, but they are not free. I'm interested to know about the
free ones..
The advantage to Sun in this case was that OOo broke Microsoft's
monopoly on office software by offering a product that was good enough
for businesses to use as an MS Office replacement.
For Sun, who sell non-Windows systems, this then meant that there was a
viable office product that ran on their systems, which makes them much
more attractive to their customers. While Sun could have pushed ahead
with StarOffice as a closed-source commercial product, they realised
that they'd get better market penetration ( and hence credibility ) and
also faster development by open-sourcing it.
So for Sun, it was all about prying open the Microsoft Office monopoly.
Others have tried break into markets via a legal route ( ie anti-trust
cases etc ), and while they have technically 'won', in reality this win
has been a costly endeavour with no real benefits.
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Well.. Extremely Multi-dimensional Benefits..!!
I can foresee Open Source technology at the throne of IT, in near future.
Thanx All for your consideration.
Regards,
Zillay Ali
