James Knott wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
Drew Jensen wrote:
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Are there individuals, companies, that would rather go the pick and
choose route - of course there are, but I submit that this is not
the majority of prospective SMB users...they have neither the time,
personnel nor inclination to do so.
Anyway - just some of my personal thoughts..
I was going to stay out of this as well, but now I won't. If OO were
doing so badly as a quality solid solution, it wouldn't be THE office
suite in many parts of the world - period! Obviously, in many of
those countries, they use Linux instead of MickySoft and use either
KMail or Thunderbird for mail. ONLY the US is MickySoft centric and
that is illogical, but then, Americans for the most part lost their
ability to think logically a long time ago.
That would certainly explain why "Dubya" got elected. It's also
amusing to hear the comments in the Democrat race, about "God", the
bible and other such nonsense that shows how detached from reality so
many Americans are.
First of all, I am an American.
Second of all, I DID NOT vote for the hockey puck that is in the White
House.
Third of all, I DO NOT use M$ Winblowz, but have used Linux for many years.
Fourth of all, I DO NOT use M$ Orafice, but use OOo from the 1.x days.
The impact of M$ may be perceived as an American thing, but on the
"American" Forums it does not seem that way, Linux users are just as
passionate here as anywhere else and are just as numerous.
Unfortunately, the legal pressure on M$ is off and that appears to be
indirectly or directly related to the current White House Hockey Puck.
The antitrust suits started during the previous administration seem to
have been dropped shortly after "Dubya's" appearance onto the scene. I
do applaude the EU's attacks on M$, including the recent one about M$
withholding specs on it's recently ISO approved standard doc. format.
These withholdings, as many feared make other office suites incompatible
with OOXML. I hope the next admin will have the backbone to stand upto
Steve Ballmer & Assoc. better known as M$.
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