____/ Mark Kent on Monday 21 January 2008 17:50 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ RonB on Sunday 20 January 2008 21:57 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> OpenOffice.org is downloaded 1,000,000 per week, it comes preloaded on
>> ^times
>>
>>>> most GNU/Linux distributions, and people pass around CDs that contain Free
>>>> software, including OOo.
>>>>
>>>> Gary Stewart is just trying to spread the Big Lie.
>>>
>>> Yep. Even die-hard Windows' lovers are adopting OpenOffice.
>>
>> I've come across a PC of a colleague who typically uses Microsoft Office. It
>> turns out that he has OpenOffice.org installed as well. It's almost like the
>> planned escape route, kind of like dual booting or installing Firefox
>> without removing IE (oh, wait, Microsoft ensured you cannot do that, didn't
>> it?).
>>
>
> Firefox was the biggest hitter, since it got millions of Windows users
> considering free software as a good, reliable and secure option, and
> clearly more performant than the Microsoft proprietary option.
>
> Openoffice.org is clearly the next logical step. For most people, they
> probably don't use anything else.
20% of the readers of The Register use OpenOffice.org, according to a survey
involving thousands. And mind you, the UK is very Microsoft-centric.
There's no good way to measure the use of OOo. Microsoft wants to create the
illusion (Big Lie) that nobody uses it, but the numbers don't lie.
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