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Current Newswire: Google Offers Migration Tool for Microsoft Exchange Data OpenOffice.org Project of the Month: the Irish community Ten Years of OpenOffice.org Loading ... Loading ... Top Ten One-Liners from CommandLineFu Explained Mailing Lists Are Parties. Or They Should Be. Project: Building An All-Text Linux Workstation Cool: Or Hot? Linux really making your coffee, live a linux coffee machine Editor's Note: All This Great Technology Just to Reinvent Television Kubuntu is not Ubuntu Claws Mail: Mail with Attitude HPC Linux Administrator (IL) Next Step Systems US-IL-Chicago Post A Job | Post A Resume CIO Today: Open-Source Alternatives to Proprietary Windows Applications Dec 6, 2004, 10 :00 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (10768 reads) (Other stories by Mark Long) [ Thanks to Matt for this link. ] "Government agencies, such as the Defense Ministry of Singapore, are giving Microsoft Office upgrades a pass in preference to open source alternatives that promise to reduce the cost and complexity of running and maintaining business software applications. "But does it really make good business sense for enterprise managers to select open-source alternatives to such popular Windows-based applications as Microsoft Office, Outlook and Internet Explorer...?" Complete Story Related Stories: BusinessWeek: IBM's Solid Stake on the Desktop(Nov 30, 2004) News.com.au: MP on Open Source Warpath(Nov 28, 2004) ZDNet UK: IBM: 'Inertia' Holding Back Government Desktop Linux Adoption(Nov 18, 2004) ComputerWeekly: Bristol City Council Ditches MS for StarOffice(Nov 16, 2004) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Stuck with Proprietary    Stomfi Dec 6, 2004, 11:32:16     MS Office has more compatibility problems.    Shiva Dec 6, 2004, 12:12:21     Send out in PDF    Richard Corfield Dec 6, 2004, 12:45:55     Re: MS Office has more compatibility problems.    dwight Dec 6, 2004, 13:04:59     Re: MS Office has more compatibility problems.    david Dec 6, 2004, 14:28:00     Re: Re: MS Office has more compatibility problems.    DDahl Dec 6, 2004, 20:34:44     Re: Re: MS Office has more compatibility problems.    SM Dec 6, 2004, 22:15:03     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!

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