[dba-Tech] Xandros running MS Office?

...Linux is open source gustav ...Xandros wants $89 for its implementation
...Xandros either adds value via their cross-Windows code or wants me to pay
for what I can otherwise get for free ...if they actually add value to
justify an $89 price, who besides Xandros is supporting their
implementation? ...ergo, its a proprietary implementation of Linux :(

...as for your comments re IBM, you'd best update your news source ...IBM
backed WWWAAAAAAYYYY off that statement the very next day saying it was only
a desired objective, had no force de jure, and no division even had such a
move on the planning board ...the very next day Forrester Research released
a study showing that despite the hype, its survey of corporate IT showed
less than 5% of  firms even had a plan to explore open source in the next
five years :(

...in other words, just like with Sun's alleged conversion to Open Source,
the Linux community hyped something that is at least as bad as the vapor
ware we're used to from MS ...if Linux is to gain any credibility in the
real world as a viable business/consumer desktop OS, it has to stop this
continual spin and start delivering ...as in Open Office ...I put it on a
test system a few months back and came away angry at wasting so much time on
something with less functionality and far more bugs than the old MS Works :(

William Hindman
<http://www.freestateproject.org> - Next Year In The Free State!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Xandros running MS Office?


> Hi William
>
> Linux proprietary ... that was new, William.
>
> /gustav
>
>
> > Date: 2004-01-19 18:25
>
> > ...but why would anyone pay $89 for a Linux OS that promises to run
"most"
> > Windows applications ...the promised "stability and security" is pure
hype
> > and you're REALLY locked into a proprietary OS with little chance of it
> > being around in five years :(
>
> > William Hindman
> > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Next Year In The Free State!
>
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
> > To: <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:57 AM
> > Subject: [dba-Tech] Xandros running MS Office?
>
>
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> I noticed this Linux Desktop claims to be able to run MS Office
> >> programs:
> >>
> >>   http://www.xandros.com/desktop_deluxe.html
> >>
> >> Anyone having experience with that?
> >>
> >> /gustav
>
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