__/ [ Rafael ] on Wednesday 23 May 2007 16:25 \__
> Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>> http://dot.kde.org/1179818755/
>>
>> /quote After an extensive two-year process of iterative
>> testing, TÜV IT confirms that "Open Source has reached a very
>> high level of professionalism" and concludes that KDE's Open
>> Source nature made it very easy for Munich to ensure that the
>> software is especially efficient and user friendly for their
>> office workers. /unquote
>>
>> This is in a stark contrast to the assertions of wintendo
>> lusers like DFS, OK or Hadron Quark that OSS software is
>> "half-assed crapware"
>
> KDE 1.0 as far back as 10 years ago was very usable. When
> coupled with WordPerfect for Linux suite, it was a threatening
> product. This is why WP needed to be killed.
Yeah... Corel was invited for a little death knell. The press shows the story
very clearly. Embrace and Destory is still the tactic they use at present.
> Open Office is a mature product. K3b is a mature product for
> CD/DVD burning.
>
> Here is something that explains the strategy of our "odd
> friends", the trolls in the newsgroup:
>
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/148915_msftlinux19.html
>
>> Wednesday, November 19, 2003
>>
>> Open source's threat to Microsoft is growing
>>
>> By TODD BISHOP, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
>
>> Microsoft Corp., in particular, has identified the open-source
>> Linux operating system as a serious competitive threat,
>> rallying employees around the cause and commissioning studies
>> in an effort to prove to the computing public that Windows is
>> superior.
>
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