University finds freedom, flexibility in open source business intelligence
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| But when all of Microsoft's "natural predators" began to die off,
| and Microsoft no longer made the university's needs a priority,
| Stephen found open source solutions a lot more attractive.
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| Gradually, Stephen's relationship with Microsoft changed, as the company
| took over more and more of the commercial operating system and business
| application space. "Lotus 1-2-3 went away [SEE BELOW], and WordPerfect
| isn't what it was," she says.
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/23/1729236&tid=101&tid=115
Related:
[Antitrust Memo: Microsoft offered money for companies to destroy Lotus 123]
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| "In signing the Corporate Account version of the Exchange form,
| company agrees to: Deliver/Destroy the appropriate number of Lotus
| 123 System Disks; Confirm they are not participating in Corporate
| Development/Golden Disk programs."
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00045.pdf
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