[dba-Tech] Xandros running MS Office?

> ...I sure hope Novell does better with Suse than they
> did with either Novell or Word Perfect
They weren't good enough in the past in learning their own and the
others marketing mistakes:

http://www.insearchofstupidity.com/

The chances they will win in the new "desktop OS battle" are low IMO...

Shamil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [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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