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:Three Things the Linux Desktop Needs to do to Beat Windows
Three Things the Linux Desktop Needs to do to Beat Windows
Aug 11, 2008, 05 :04 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5443 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

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"Next up is applications. You and I might know that OpenOffice can do almost anything you can do with Microsoft Office, and it can create Microsoft Office-compatible files to boot, but people still want Microsoft Office. Like it or lump it, people want their familiar native Windows applications."

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When will this stop? We continually igno ...   its not a technology problem   
philc
Aug 11, 2008, 16:16:01
 
whole "must beat Windows" mentality.  Th ...   I don't get this...   
Howard Pepper
Aug 11, 2008, 17:23:37
 
I've heard it all before: "bla bla b ...   The true main problem   
PBTom
Aug 11, 2008, 18:09:37
 
You're right that Linux doesn't  ...   doesn't need to *win*, just place or show   
littlenoodles
Aug 11, 2008, 18:11:45
 
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