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NewsForge: LWE Paris: Optimism About Linux Growth, But Office Suite Still Catching Up

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 1, 2002

“But at the LinuxWorld Expo this week, Phillipe Ambon,
MandrakeSoft’s services marketing project manager, said because
Linux personal finance packages like GNUCash are available and can
import files from Quicken, that cancels one of the one of the main
drawbacks to Windows users switching to Linux. At least as
importantly, a new Linux-based, business accounting package,
EUROLogiciel, based on French accountancy law, is coming to market,
indicating that Linux is mature enough to be seriously considered
by a range of businesses…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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