__/ [ Guy Fawkes ] on Friday 04 May 2007 18:20 \__
>
> "Doug Mentohl" <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:f1fmdn$pe3$4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "If you want to be successful in open source it can't just be a 'me too'
>> product. Anything that's not the best technology will not work ...
>> enterprise is willing to pay for the best. OpenOffice is not the best ...
>> it's the first thing that made me move from Linux to Mac,"
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/277wrh
>>
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/CeBIT-OpenOffice-Linux-Mac/0,130061733,339275250,00.htm
>
> Rubbish. I bet 70-90% of most users (this includes SMB's)will be more than
> satisfied with the feature set OpenOffice gives them. Hell, I'm pretty sure
> 80% of most people could do nicely with WordPad or AbiWord as far as word
> processing is concerned.
>
> And how do they define 'the best technology'? I'm sure that Microsoft
> Office sure isn't the 'best technology' so why do they sound like they are
> equating 'best technology' with MS Office? Just because it just happens to
> be the company that suckered other companies into buying it?
People defend their own choice of software, so it's natural to assume that
the gentleman in question is very protective.
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