[dba-Tech] Xandros running MS Office?

...I sure hope Novell does better with Suse than they did with either Novell
or Word Perfect ...good code writers, lousy business people ...so far :)

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 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Xandros running MS Office?


> Hi William
>
> I agree with you that USD 89 is way too much.
>
> Now, let's see what Novell and Ximian ans Suse comes up with ... at
> least they know what needs businesses have.
>
>   http://www.ximian.com
>
> /gustav
>
>
> > Date: 2004-01-20 18:24
>
> > "It seems like the results of your reviews often are quite different
> > from those of others." gustav
>
> > ...I have no drum to beat other than TCO ...I don't personally like or
> > dislike either MS or Linux ...just use the best tool for the job ...so
far
> > I've not found a Linux implementation w/supporting apps that comes
anywhere
> > near doing what MS XP/Office Pro is capable of ...not even close re
> > functionality ...and even further, much further, when it comes to
non-geek
> > user support requirements ...which is why I crack up every time I read
some
> > buzz head going on and on about how cool the latest Linux desktop is
...I
> > don't need a "cool" interface, I need one that works for technically
> > incompetent users.
>
> > ...I'd love to be able to provide my clients a "free" OS and apps that
did
> > everything they need and allows me to provide extended solutions for
their
> > business ...but at $89 a pop PLUS, the "free" quickly becomes a money
sink
> > :(
>
> > ...as for my use of "proprietary" I'll grant that the gnu license says
its
> > all public code ...but in reality how many people are going to support
the
> > code themselves ....maybe 0.00000000000000003% of the targeted users
> > ...which makes implementations like this effectively proprietary from
most
> > potential user's viewpoint ...imnsho :)
>
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