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"At this week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo here, the release of the new 2.4 kernel of the Linux operating system won some praise from IT managers. But it won't necessarily win an immediate place in their deployment plans."

"Bob Ruddy, owner of Web hosting and networking firm Cycle.org Inc. in Doylestown, Pa., said the Linux 2.4 kernel -- which was released early last month by Linux creator Linus Torvalds -- won't by itself convince many smaller and midsize companies to make the jump from Windows or other operating systems."

"One of the greatest deficiencies in Linux for companies contemplating any migration has been the lack of a feature-filled software suite compatible with industry-standard Microsoft Office file formats, Ruddy said. While Sun Microsystems Inc.'s StarOffice and Corel Corp.'s WordPerfect for Linux suites are available, the lack of default file compatibility with Microsoft Corp.'s dominant set of office software still leaves many companies unable to fully consider Linux as an alternative to what they're now using, he added."

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Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Trump Card: No MSOffice compatability    Anonymous Coward Feb 2, 2001, 00:37:18     industry-standard ???    Anthony Feb 2, 2001, 00:53:17     It sucks, but it's true.    Brad Feb 2, 2001, 02:04:46     Well ...    George Mitchell Feb 2, 2001, 02:08:09     standards??    george Feb 2, 2001, 02:15:37     Hot of the Microsoft Press...    Chris Woodard Feb 2, 2001, 02:45:21     I must have missed that conference...    Jimmy the Geek Feb 2, 2001, 02:53:48     Now Corel's Burney starts in.    Zartan Feb 2, 2001, 02:54:17     So What?    Ed Craig Feb 2, 2001, 03:17:36     Re: I must have missed that conference...    George Mitchell Feb 2, 2001, 05:54:39     Office is Irrelevant    David Acklam Feb 2, 2001, 06:25:50     Re: Re: I must have missed that conference...    Don Hoover Feb 2, 2001, 06:34:46     lack of feature-filled == bloat    Rodney Quaye Feb 2, 2001, 09:55:19     And finally    Shrike Feb 2, 2001, 10:46:45     StarOffice Works OK for me    Flossie Feb 2, 2001, 10:48:49     Re: lack of feature-filled == bloat    Rainer Weikuat Feb 2, 2001, 10:52:03     Re: Trump Card: No MSOffice compatability    Duane C. Mallory Feb 2, 2001, 11:07:37     Word 6.0 verses Word 97 RTF ? "Standard" ?    openmtl Feb 2, 2001, 11:38:56     It's just a matter of political will..    george3 Feb 2, 2001, 11:40:51     Industry Standard? Feature filled?    Richard N. Turner Feb 2, 2001, 13:19:14     BSA (Business Software Aliance)    phil Feb 2, 2001, 14:17:26     File format standard    phil Feb 2, 2001, 14:23:27     On file formats.    Brandioch Conner Feb 2, 2001, 16:57:47     They only need to switch once    Rufus Polson Feb 2, 2001, 19:28:03     Re: BSA (Business Software Aliance)    AJWM Feb 2, 2001, 20:30:26     Re: BSA (Business Software Aliance)    Mike McCune Feb 2, 2001, 20:53:27     Anybody feel like doing a website...    G. R.R. Feb 3, 2001, 00:03:56     They're trying to divert you!!!    Gabriel Weisner Feb 3, 2001, 01:02:24     Shareholders, Taxpayers, Parents--Need to sue!    dc Feb 3, 2001, 21:11:13     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!