Linux replacements for your favourite Windows apps
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| For many users, getting started with Linux is surprisingly easy. New,
| friendlier versions of the free operating system, such as Fedora and Ubuntu,
| feature straightforward menus and automated installations that make switching
| from Windows to Linux a relatively simple process.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/applications/how-to/index.cfm?RSS&articleid=1301
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Open source: moving on up the stack
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| "Open source has won the first battle: It is now listed among the
| default platform decisions,? says Dave Jenkins, CTO at online
| outdoor sporting goods retailer Backcountry.com in Park City, Utah.
| The next step, open source users agree, is moving up the stack and
| figuring out which open source tools are ready for enterprise
| deployments.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/research/2007/011507-seven-techs-open-source.html
Road Warrior: Switching from Windows to Linux
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| Because there is growing use of Internet-based applications, having desktops
| and notebooks that are “thin clients,” or, in other words, designed to have
| access to centrally stored applications, will become more common. A good
| example of this is Google Documents, a word processing application where all
| of a users work is done online.
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http://members.whattheythink.com/allsearch/articleerc.cfm?id=30033
The Road to Ubuntu (or Leopard) - screw the OS, move your apps online with
Google
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| I've been trying to bend Gutsy Gibbon and Leopard to my will so I can abandon
| Windows, but most of my problems can be solved by embracing online
| applications like Google Apps.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15606/1085/
Adobe sees full shift to Web in next decade
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| Adobe Systems is working to deliver all of its software via the Web as a
| service rather than a packaged product, but the transition to earn money from
| subscriptions or advertising could take a decade...
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21359751/
Online app provider Zoho: 300k customers and accelerating
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| Zoho, a providers of office productivity applications online, says it now has
| 300,000 customers, with the last 100,000 signed up in one third the time it
| took to sign the first 100,000.
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13875&Itemid=1054
Google manager: Google Apps replaced Microsoft Office at 100,000 businesses
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| Google's newly released online productivity suite Google Apps has
| already replaced Microsoft Office at more than 100,000 small to
| medium enterprises and has been deployed at two of the largest
| companies in the world, according to the search leader's
| enterprise product boss.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9889/53/
Dumping Office for Google Apps
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| Google has a friend in Disney, and that could leave Microsoft screaming
| like a jilted lover.
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http://videos.webpronews.com/2007/02/07/dumping-office-for-google-apps/
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