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Current Newswire: 3 Easy ways to try out Linux Amahi Linux Home Server 4.2 Matthias Ettrich Receives German Federal Cross of Merit Using Windows Is Like... Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Hands-on: OpenMoko WikiReader is simple, appealing Perl far from dead, more popular than you think Microsoft Exchange alternatives Kubuntu 9.10: A Mixed Bag Could Microsoft switch to Linux? UNIX System Administrator - SUN Solaris, Veritas, EMC, Shell Scripting, SAN (NYC) Next Step Systems US-NY-New York Post A Job | Post A Resume The Register: IBM Dismisses OpenOffice as Child's Play Aug 22, 2003, 20 :00 UTC (46 Talkback[s]) (13859 reads) (Other stories by Ashlee Vance) "IBM claims to have put more than $1 billion behind open source software, but the company is failing to pay even a modest amount of lip service to one of free software's most needed products. "Karen Smith, vice president of Linux strategy and market development at IBM, has been telling a number of publications that no open source equivalent of Microsoft Office exists. Lest you think Smith has been living in a cave, rest easy. She does appear to be acquainted with OpenOffice and its StarOffice incarnation from Sun Microsystems. These suites, however, are not good enough for IBM. "'What we haven't seen become available is a full replacement for Microsoft Office,' Smith told ComputerWire..." Complete Story Related Stories: Computer Business Review: Portals Not Suites for Linux, Says IBM(Aug 19, 2003) The Independent: Sun Has Seen the Future--It's In the StarOffice and It's On The Java Cards(Aug 05, 2003) ZDNet: Here's How Linux Gets to the Desktop(Jul 14, 2003) eWeek: Why Munich Dumped Microsoft for Linux(May 29, 2003) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Well... isn't that true?    Q Aug 22, 2003, 20:13:52     yes we need seamless integration    yuri vil Aug 22, 2003, 20:19:15     "All Competitors Suck" instinct    JCCyC Aug 22, 2003, 20:56:06     Re: Well... isn't that true?    Dr_LHA Aug 22, 2003, 20:59:09     Where will the desktop be ?    GerardM Aug 22, 2003, 21:01:24     OOo 1.1 is a very nice realease    Jarek Luberek Aug 22, 2003, 21:05:49     nothing new ...    S. Chauveau Aug 22, 2003, 21:06:53     OO 1.1 is fast    James Smith Aug 22, 2003, 21:10:08     I'm was an OpenOffice critic    Anil Wang Aug 22, 2003, 21:13:15     IBM wants the .NET equivalent    codez Aug 22, 2003, 21:19:20     A couple of problems with OpenOffice    DrXym Aug 22, 2003, 21:24:09     Bells and whistles, who needs them?    Larry Povirk Aug 22, 2003, 21:25:04     Re:    Patrix_neo Aug 22, 2003, 21:36:18     Re: Well... isn't that true?    Kevin Aug 22, 2003, 21:37:57     Re: OOo 1.1 is a very nice realease    Uno Engborg Aug 22, 2003, 21:48:23     Re: I'm was an OpenOffice critic    Uno Engborg Aug 22, 2003, 21:56:26     uh?    George McQuade Aug 22, 2003, 22:28:57     Re: Where will the desktop be ?    GH Aug 22, 2003, 22:37:25     Re: Re: Well... isn't that true?    Brane2 Aug 22, 2003, 22:50:13     formats    Neil Aug 22, 2003, 23:11:52     Re: Re: I was an OpenOffice critic    Anil Wang Aug 22, 2003, 23:15:04     Re: Re: Re: Well... isn't that true?    Derik Aug 22, 2003, 23:18:11     Its in there    acyberpunk Aug 22, 2003, 23:49:56     Re: Re: Re: Well... isn't that true?    beerintrousers Aug 23, 2003, 00:49:14     Re: I'm was an OpenOffice critic    Brad Aug 23, 2003, 00:58:29     Re: Re: Well... isn't that true?    GreyGeek Aug 23, 2003, 01:08:51     Re: Re: Re: Well... isn't that true?    beerintrousers Aug 23, 2003, 10:58:58     IBM on OpenOffice.org    horne Aug 23, 2003, 13:32:53     Dear IBM    I R A Darth Aggie Aug 23, 2003, 14:44:26     Ownership of YOUR data    Tad Marko Aug 23, 2003, 14:55:25     Replace OO with a ...portal?    Jeff Cobb Aug 23, 2003, 15:23:20     Re: Re: Re: Well... isn't that true?    Darren Aug 23, 2003, 16:56:52     Re: Re: Re: Re: Well... isn't that true?    Larry Povirk Aug 23, 2003, 18:34:14     better    codeboy Aug 23, 2003, 19:03:58     what a portal is    beerintrousers Aug 23, 2003, 20:19:15     Re: Ownership of YOUR data    beerintrousers Aug 23, 2003, 20:25:09     Re: Re: Re: Well... isn't that true?    BC Aug 23, 2003, 22:01:26     IBM    Wogster Aug 23, 2003, 22:03:18     Re: what a portal is    ac Aug 25, 2003, 06:46:34     Re: Re: Ownership of YOUR data    phil Aug 25, 2003, 12:38:21     desktop OA    acyberpunk Aug 25, 2003, 13:34:02     IBM Dismisses OOO - guess why...    Jeff Savit Aug 25, 2003, 16:36:52     Re: Re: Re: Ownership of YOUR data    My name Aug 25, 2003, 16:44:46     Re: Re: Re: Re: Ownership of YOUR data    Jeff Cobb Aug 25, 2003, 18:05:12     Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ownership of YOUR data    Bill Nuxli Aug 25, 2003, 19:54:37     Protected PDFs    Jeff Cobb Aug 25, 2003, 20:56:09     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>. 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