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:CIO Today: Can Open Source Defeat Microsoft?
CIO Today: Can Open Source Defeat Microsoft?
May 5, 2006, 22 :00 UTC (27 Talkback[s]) (8931 reads)

(Other stories by Jack M. Germain)

"While Microsoft has had some 20 years to make Office what it is today, most industry analysts say that new open-source contenders, such as OpenOffice, measure up reasonably well against Redmond's suite. But they also say that while these suites do have most of the features of Microsoft Office, they lack certain advanced capabilities that make all the difference.

"Clearly, Microsoft continues to define the office space and likely will dominate office software for the foreseeable future..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
What's wrong with having both MS Off ...   Why does it have to defeat Microsoft?   
Richard Steiner
May 5, 2006, 22:47:36
 
IMHO.  MS can't survive in a competi ...   Re: Why does it have to defeat Microsoft?   
trytfghvchgffd
May 6, 2006, 00:47:54
 
"Let them die or implode, the world will ...   Re: and Re:Re: Why does it have to defeat Microsof   
Ursus Orribilus
May 6, 2006, 01:38:59
 
office appeared in the 90's not the  ...   drivel: office is not 20 years old   
gnumber9
May 6, 2006, 01:39:31
 
after googling word's history, it wa ...   i correct myself   
gnumber9
May 6, 2006, 02:59:58
 
Microsoft has lasted so long in the PC s ...   Microsoft is changing it's playing field   
Stomfi
May 6, 2006, 03:04:42
 
The article has one statement, attrribut ...   Linux Takes Longer?   
Bob
May 6, 2006, 03:49:00
 
This article is chock full of paid Micro ...   About as good as a paid shill article gets   
Joe User
May 6, 2006, 03:52:49
 
> The article has one statement, attrrib ...   Re: Linux Takes Longer? Get real   
jp
May 6, 2006, 04:45:21
 
Is there even one thing that Linux/OSS z ...   If microsoft dies, who will we copy from?   
SW
May 6, 2006, 04:59:24
 
I read through to the third page, up to  ...   Move along, nothing to see here...   
Rev Egg Plant
May 6, 2006, 05:31:53
 
The great thing about Linux and open sou ...   Nobody Cares   
lord vader
May 6, 2006, 06:19:11
 
> The article has one statement, attrrib ...   Re: Linux Takes Longer?   
eeburnout
May 6, 2006, 07:39:18
 
> The article has one statement, attrrib ...   Re: Linux Takes Longer?   
Frank Ranner
May 6, 2006, 09:41:58
 
> The article has one statement, attrrib ...   Re: Linux Takes Longer?   
Karl O. Pinc
May 6, 2006, 09:51:37
 
The article states that Microsoft office ...   Open office is new ?   
linuxuser
May 6, 2006, 14:48:25
 
Bob and Joe User, the "takes 30 percent  ...   30 percent longer   
blackhole
May 6, 2006, 19:16:05
 
> [[ Didn't believe Didio's clai ...   Re: Linux Takes Longer?   
agaragar
May 6, 2006, 19:16:41
 
> I'm not (repeat NOT) a fan of Micr ...   Re: Why does it have to defeat Microsoft?   
Kevin
May 6, 2006, 20:11:12
 
"the day will come when they realize tha ...   Re: monopoly becoming competitive   
Steve Stites
May 6, 2006, 22:11:33
 
> Is there even one thing that Linux/OSS ...   Re: If microsoft dies, who will we copy from?   
Hen
May 6, 2006, 23:57:30
 
With the evolution of Openoffice the war ...   Re: The real war   
LinuxUser
May 7, 2006, 02:06:08
 
"Windows servers recover approximately 3 ...   Re: 30 percent longer   
Richard
May 7, 2006, 08:57:40
 
> The article has one statement, attrrib ...   Re: Linux Takes Longer?   
tommy higbee
May 7, 2006, 14:47:11
 
Maybe they are including the Windows "ho ...   Linux takes 30% longer...   
Wonderbird
May 8, 2006, 15:23:52
 
"And show us where you pulled the stupid ...   Didio's source   
The Man Who Japed
May 8, 2006, 17:06:38
 
> The article has one statement, attrrib ...   Re: Linux Takes Longer?   
Ken Jennings
May 8, 2006, 18:10:14
 
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