__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 31 May 2007 14:28 \__
> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>> StarOffice, Linux fly high on Singapore Airlines
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Singapore Airlines is offering access to Sun's StarOffice 8 office
>>> | productivity suite free of charge to passengers on its new Boeing
>>> | 777-300ER aircraft. StarOffice, Sun's proprietary version of
>>> | OpenOffice.org, runs on the aircraft's Linux server and is accessed
>>> | via a seat-back terminal at each passenger's seat, according to Sun.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2964256534.html
>>>
>>> No wonder Microsoft tries the 'patent card' against OpenOffice.
>>
>> [Moooooooo ... thud].
>>
>
> How things have moved on. Even airlines are hosting office packages
> now.
Q: Why not use Microsoft Office then?
A: I guess airlines do not consider crashes a "feature".
Microsoft: Word 2007 crashes are a feature, not bug
,----[ Quote ]
| Crashes in Microsoft Word 2007 are designed to improve security,
| says Microsoft
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;377659799
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