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[News] Google Ready to Extinguish Microsoft's Cash Cows

  • Subject: [News] Google Ready to Extinguish Microsoft's Cash Cows
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:12:45 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Google Exec: Docs Can Supplant Office In One Year

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| Dave Girouard, the president of Google's 
| enterprise division, made an interesting 
| admission earlier today, acknowledging that 
| Google Docs isn't right for the average 
| person.  But Girouard also made an 
| interesting prediction, putting Google Docs 
| about a year away from seriously 
| challenging Microsoft Office.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/11/13/google-exec-docs-can-supplant-office-in-one-year

Google Docs set for 'get rid of' Office moment

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| By next year, Google says, its web-happy 
| word processor will be so effective, most 
| enterprises will be able to "get rid of 
| [Microsoft] Office."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/google_on_docs_and_office/


Recent:

DK: RÃdovre municipality: OpenOffice will be cheaper to maintain

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| "OpenOffice will be cheaper to maintain and
| will run better than Microsoft's proprietary
| alternative", expects Lars Roark, IT manager
| at the Danish municipality of RÃdovre,
| according to reports in Danish media.
|
| The municipality on Friday announced it will
| this week start to use OpenOffice,  alongside
| Microsoft's proprietary alternative. However
| the municipality plans to eventually move to
| OpenOffice completely.
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http://www.osor.eu/news/dk-rodovre-municipality-openoffice-will-be-cheaper-to-maintain


More Danish municipalities under way

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| Just to let you know, we are experiencing a
| very important breakthrough in the
| municipalities right now.
|
| City of Gribskov has been using OpenOffice
| for a few years.
|
| City of TÃnder has been using OpenOffice in | schools for about a year.
|
| City of Lyngby-TaarbÃk has decided to use
| OpenOffice in schools.
`----

http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-danish-municipalities-under-way.html


Lyngby-Taarbaek Municipality in Denmark Adopts Open Source Office Suite For All
Student Computers

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| The Danish Ministry of Science recommends
| that open source should be used where it
| adds value. That is the case in Lyngby-
| Taarbaek Municipality which switches all
| student computers to an open source based
| office suite.
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http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/29601
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