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:InfoWorld: Let's Go Build a Great Open Source MS Office Replacement
InfoWorld: Let's Go Build a Great Open Source MS Office Replacement
Apr 8, 2006, 04 :00 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (8005 reads)

(Other stories by Dave Rosenberg)

"For all of the innovation that occurs in today's technology marketplace, the most commonly used business applications-those associated with Microsoft Office--remain stale and hackneyed. While we wait for Microsoft to come out with a new version of Office that overshoots user need while ensuring that consumers, businesses and government remain locked into Microsoft specific standards, I put forth the notion that an open source business productivity suite has the rare opportunity to dislodge Microsoft's stronghold on the desktop--it just needs a little help from the community..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"What's missing in the eyes of the b ...   Underlying integration   
Flash
Apr 8, 2006, 13:54:03
 
Every office I've worked in, since P ...   Every office I've worked in...   
Bob Robertson
Apr 8, 2006, 19:15:00
 
This is Open Source, you start the work  ...   What do you mean "Lets"?   
SW
Apr 8, 2006, 23:12:10
 
You said, "Of course there are individua ...   Re: Every office I've worked in...   
David
Apr 9, 2006, 03:59:12
 
> What are businesses supposed to do, in ...   Re: Re: Every office I've worked in...   
Bob Robertson
Apr 9, 2006, 21:22:15
 
>The entire industrial control systems w ...   True but not right   
Art
Apr 10, 2006, 04:12:35
 
> > What are businesses supposed to do,  ...   Re: Re: Re: Every office I've worked in...   
nonesuch
Apr 10, 2006, 14:37:13
 
...>This makes you look like a troll for ...   Re: Re: Re: Every office I've worked in...   
Harlan Grove
Apr 10, 2006, 17:38:42
 
> All they have to do is request the sof ...   Re: Re: Re: Every office I've worked in...   
David
Apr 11, 2006, 19:11:14
 
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