In article <2647404.FWp7EMeGBY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>| Right, there's a soft market for free office suite software that
>| coincidentally competes against Microsoft Office? Hush money.
>| You ever heard of it? Payola? Kickbacks?
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>| The stink of Microsoft's anticompetitive tactics is too strong in
>| this situation. Last year I thought it was bizarre that Barnes and
>| Nobles carried no OpenOffice.org books.
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Geesh, Roy. Could you at least skip the obviously stupid news stories?
Barnes & Noble has a big Linux section. They have books on The GIMP and on
Blender. They carry Eric Raymonds book that expands on the cathedral and
the bazaar. They have several books about open source. They have many
books on various other open source programs that directly compete with
Microsoft, such as MySQL and Apache.
So, just from that, it seems pretty ridiculous to assume that there's some
kind of backdoor deal from Microsoft to keep things out of B&N.
But wait, you say--then why don't they have any OpenOffice.org books?
The answer to that is simple. They do have them:
Point & Click OpenOffice.org (a B&N exclusive edition)
Openoffice.org for Dummies
Sams Teach Yourself Oppenoffice.org 2, Firefox, and
Thunderbird for Windows All in One
Oooswitch: 501 Things You Want to Know About Switching
Openoffice.org From Microsoft Office
OpenOffice.org (Sams Teach Yourself): All in One
The OpenOffice.org 1.0 Resource Kit
(This is by Solveig Haugland and Floyd Jones, BTW. Haugland is the
author whose books the blog you linked to says can't be found at
Barnes & Noble)
Those are the ones that they sell new. They also have the following
available used through their authorized resellers:
Openoffice.org Macros Explained
(My local B&N does have this in stock on occasion)
OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word
Hacking Openoffice.org Tips, Tricks, and Untold Secrets
The Tiny Guide to Openoffice.org
Taming Openoffice.org 1.1
Taming Openoffice.org Writer
Conceptual Guide to Openoffice.org 2.0
Openoffice.org and Staroffice Comprehensive CALC Workbook
Openoffice.org and Staroffice Comprehensive Impress and Draw Workbook
Openoffice.org and Staroffice Comprehensive Writer Workbook
Openoffice.org Core Office Suite Workbook
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