Re: How Microsoft Sabotages Linux Adoption

[John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Two themes dominate the stories I hear about the tribulations of using and
> adopting non-Microsoft business desktops: the difficulty in finding
> compatible hardware and the stranglehold Microsoft Word has on users. In the
> last week, IT pros have shared their experiences with these two adoption
> inhibitors. They're representative of other stories I've heard."

From that article:

> Microsoft's mindshare with some employees has been harder to overcome than the 
problems with the table and formatting. Holt now knows that the success 
of an
OpenOffice migration can depend on early identification and 
deprogramming of
employees who are fiercely loyal to MS Office. "Just one person like 
this may
upset the whole project," he said.


Microsoft controlls the memes.